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Philco Slender Seventeen
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1st Portable TV ... Maybe ???
1959 Philco Slender Seventeen television
Maybe one of the first bar codes, too ???
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Was advertised in Mpls. paper in November 1957 as 1959 model.....
fun to see what was amazing and new in the past now we take for granted
oh the good old days two channels all fuzzy and in black and white .
I remember having a "big "floor model TV and a small one stacked on top for the sound as the big TV had stopped working
as a kid I do not remember us ever getting a new TV mom and dad would buy a" trade in" model from the local appliance store
rabbit ears
Some day, our great grandchildren will be marveling at the concept of the buffet.
Rabbit ears????
Heck yeah!!!......And ours are STILL going strong!! :)