History In The Making...The Start Of RCA's World's Fair Exhibit In these newly discovered photos.…
Tag: Iconoscope
Follow Up…Inside The RCA A500 Iconoscope Camera
Follow Up...Inside The RCA A500 Iconoscope Camera A few days back, I posted a rare…
Ultra Rare Closeup…The RCA A500 Iconoscope Camera
Ultra Rare Closeup...The RCA A500 Iconoscope Camera This magnificent color photo was taken in NBC…
WBKB, Chicago Camera Mystery #1
WBKB, Chicago Camera Mystery #1 The photo on the left was sent by Gary Walters…
The First Emmy Winners….January 25, 1949
The First Emmy Winners....January 25, 1949 The first ever Emmy Awards came just three short…
May 8, 1945, Victory In Europe Day
May 8, 1945, Victory In Europe To celebrate the defeat of Germany, and it's Axis…
A Genuine Rarity & Some NEW NBC Color History
A Genuine Rarity & Some NEW NBC Color History This rare photo shows the RCA…
June 8, 1939…The First Orthicon Camera
June 8, 1939...The First Orthicon Camera On this day in 1938, two experimental RCA Orthicon…
The First Camera Dolly, 1936
The First Camera Dolly, 1936 In the patent application, this is referred to as a…
The 1937 RCA Iconoscope Camera, Patent Diagrams
The interior view in the previous post is the most revealing of the four images,…
The 1942 GE Iconoscope Camera…Rear View
On the back side, things are a little crude on the outside, but inside...state of…
The 1943 GE Iconoscope Camera…Front View
From the front, this camera and the RCA Iconoscope are quite different, yet have one…
America’s First African American Television Star…Ethyl Waters
As early as 1919, Ethyl Waters had been appearing in roles on Broadway and in…
RCA’s First Experimental Color Television Cameras
RCA's First Experimental Color Television Cameras Shown here are the first two RCA color cameras…
The First Thomson Camera?
The First Thomson Camera? Close but no cigar...this is the second Thomson camera. Sent to…
The RCA TJ 48, Television’s Local Market Workhouse
If you worked in local television in the late ’40s or early ’50s, chances are…
W6XAO Experimental Station…Now, KCBS
W6XAO Experimental Station...Now, KCBS In 1931 famous California broadcast entrepreneur Don Lee was granted a…
Early Dumont Cameras
Early Dumont Cameras: Configuration 2 Unlike the RCA cameras, the Dumont Iconoscope cameras had electronic…
The Original Amateur Hour With Ted Mack
The Original Amateur Hour With Ted Mack: Part 1 Long before 'American Idol', 'Star Search'…
The Original Amateur Hour With Ted Mack: Part 4
The Original Amateur Hour With Ted Mack: Part 4 'The Amature Hour' originated from The…
First KFO…Two Points Of Interest
Two Points Of Interest... Before it was renamed 'Kukla, Fran And Ollie' in October of…