Television In Simpler Times…

Covering the Inglewood Christmas parade November 23, 1962, here’s a KTTV RCA TK30 equipped with a Taylor Hobson Varotal Field Lens. Having been the Los Angeles Dodgers station since their move there in 1958, the station had a lot of remote equipment and a staff experienced in putting cameras together on top of trucks and stadium bleachers. FYI, the light colored top part of the camera is the removable viewfinder that attaches easily to the bottom darker part. On top of the TK30 viewfinder is a leather strap handle for easy carrying and although most don’t know it, RCA made a carry handle top for the TK30 camera body as well that would make getting it to the top of this truck a lot easier.

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