Admiral TV Ad, 1952

Your Set Of Sets


Television, from the Forties to the Sixties. Bring your own remote, please.

16 Aug 2011

179 visits

Admiral TV Ad, 1952

The price includes several Lilliputians, in case your set needs a quick repair. Don't worry. They don't eat much. From the October issue of Sunset magazine.

29 Aug 2011

154 visits

RCA Victor Portable TV Ad, c1959

Nowadays, they're growing mostly transitional sets. Within ten years they'll be able to label them all "Organic", though.

24 Oct 2011

184 visits

Admiral Television Ad, 1954

That statuette atop the white TV set is either a fish with a really weird headdress or a very pregnant mermaid.

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29 Jan 2012

203 visits

Fonovox Television-Stereo Console Ad, 1961

I went bad because my parents bought me a pony for Christmas, instead of the "Patricia-Luxus." Stupid parents! From the December 16th issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

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11 Mar 2012

210 visits

Mallory UHF Converter Ad, 1952

It's so tactful of the advertiser to not remind us of how much advertising we'll be watching! From the August 22nd issue of Time magazine.

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10 Apr 2012

199 visits

Zenith Television Ad, 1951

Brunette Mrs. America just got done playing the femme fatale in a short fiction piece back on Page 48. But now she can sit down with the rest of the troupe and just relax. From The Ladies Home Journal.

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24 May 2012

184 visits

Magnavox Television Ad, 1952

One set, three channels, seven family members. Yeah, it's going to be a peaceful and joyous new year, all right! From the December 8th issue of Time magazine.

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01 Dec 2012

196 visits

Bendix Television Ad, 1955

Something has clearly gone wrong with Mrs. Metropolis' leg. Also, how is that poor plant going to get any light when it's sitting all the way down near the floor? Meanwhile, Mrs. Suburbia seems to have a splendid view of the brand new middle school. So she can reflect on her lost youth if there's nothing on the air worth watching. From the November issue of Household magazine.

16 Dec 2012

208 visits

Magnavox TV-Stereo Theatre Ad, 1963

Fresh-made instant coffee, a trendy layered stone phallic whatsit, and the season premier of the, er, revamped The Flying Nun. Yes, our Winter Solstice Party is off to a flying start! From the December 6th issue of Time magazine.
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