
Your Set Of Sets
Television, from the Forties to the Sixties. Bring your own remote, please.
16 Aug 2011
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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