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TV REPAIRMAN WINS AWARDS 1950's

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  • Bow ties are mandatory for tv repair...

  • Nipper and Chipper are happy somewhere right now!

  • He likely retired before that era.

  • I wonder what this guy did when the "disposable culture" occured?

  • I wish I had lived during this era of tv tubes and such. The Tv's were deluxe unlike the tv's of today.

  • it to late to call the repair man! ed sullivan is going to be on!

  • RCA tvs are the best tv

  • My stepdad did this for a living during the 1950s; he got his certificate for it ("Radio and TV Repair") at the LaSalle Institute in Chicago, courtesy of the GI Bill. He was putting up TV antennas well into the 80s. He started out as purely a TV service guy, but not RCA...he was a Zenith man...but all of this is so familiar. I can still smell the dust burning off the picture tubes we always had in the basement, where he was tinkering.

  • ...and, of course, Vaughn Monroe, "Mr. RCA" [their #1 pitchman during the '50s; "General RCA" was, of course, David Sarnoff] and former big band leader/singer, is on hand to let you know about this illustrious event- he'll recommend a new RCA radio or TV set a bit later. First, there's RCA's "Spring Trade-In Special" {trade-in deals were quite common among virtually all electronic and appliance manfacturers in those days}....

  • This is a March 1956 ad from one of the "live" RCA-sponsored series or specials they susutained on NBC {"PRODUCERS' SHOWCASE"? "CAESAR'S HOUR"? "MAX LIEBMAN PRESENTS"? Who knows?}. In any case, RCA always touted their highly regarded "factory service personnel" in their ads- in this case, honoring them during "National Television Servicemen's Week"; in those days, virtually every craftsman of the "service sector" was honored with their own "week", often tied into national advertisers' products.

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