Very Rare! One Of A Kind…

This is the only photo I have ever seen of an Orthicon camera in use at CBS. This photo taken on the US Capitol steps is probably from 1947 and the signal from this camera would probably be feeding to WMAL TV, the first CBS affiliate in Washington. WTOP became the CBS affiliate in WDC in January of ’49.

This is an RCA made camera but the few Orthicon cameras they built, did not seem to have much in the way of logos or badges. Remember, the Orthicon was the first version of the Image Orthicon which debuted in the RCA TK10 and TK30s in mid to late 1946. Thanks to Tom Buckley for the photo.

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