And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I remember when Dad came home with our first Zenith. It wasn't as cool as this one but it was similar. Can't count the times we jacked around with the rabbit ears. Think we got 3 stations. Guessing around 1960. Thanks Allan
I can put my hands on 2 of ‘em right now if you’re serious. They were my late brother’s and would cost me a fortune to ship to my place in Alaska. Drop me a note….trykflyr@icloud.com
You would have some ‘splainin to do.
ReplyDeleteKinda looks like a 56 Ford rear end….
ReplyDeleteHer face?
DeleteRemember when Desi and Lucy, and Rob and Laura slept in separate beds? When sleeping in a bed together was too racy for television?
ReplyDeleteThe Flintstones were the first to have been shown in the same bed.
DeleteTake out the tubes and head down to the drugstore to use the tube tester.
ReplyDeleteAnd the TV takes a couple of minutes to warm up after turning it on. People these days are PO'd because the microwave takes too long.
DeleteWhen design and functionality meant pleasing the eye, including the simple stand.
ReplyDeleteI remember when Dad came home with our first Zenith. It wasn't as cool as this one but it was similar. Can't count the times we jacked around with the rabbit ears. Think we got 3 stations. Guessing around 1960. Thanks Allan
ReplyDeleteI can put my hands on 2 of ‘em right now if you’re serious. They were my late brother’s and would cost me a fortune to ship to my place in Alaska. Drop me a note….trykflyr@icloud.com
ReplyDeleteZenith model T1816R in 1955
ReplyDeleteZenith improved their product rapidly, I guess. My dad came home with a Zenith color tv in '64, I think.
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