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“And after the war, when television develops, watch RCA again! Once more you’ll agree, RCA leads the way in Radio, Television and Electronics.” (1944)

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“The Secret’s in the ‘Big Tube’” (1967)

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“New Quadruplex TV Tape Recorder: compact, completely transistorized, compatible recorder at a budget price!” (1964)

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“For only $199.95, you now get every advance that has made RCA Victor the most-wanted and highest-rated picture in 21-inch television” (1954)
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“For only $199.95, you now get every advance that has made RCA Victor the most-wanted and highest-rated picture in 21-inch television” (1954)

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  • 3 years ago
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“Now, with RCA’s new Special Effects Equipment, you can have these 12 attention-getting effects right at your fingertips.” (1954)
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“Now, with RCA’s new Special Effects Equipment, you can have these 12 attention-getting effects right at your fingertips.” (1954)

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  • 4 years ago
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“Revolutionary is its record-changing principle, with mechanism *insdie* the central spindle post on which records are so easily stacked.” (1949)
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“Revolutionary is its record-changing principle, with mechanism *insdie* the central spindle post on which records are so easily stacked.” (1949)

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“You’ve read the story of last summer’s TV demonstrations in Berlin–thousands slipped through the Iron Curtain to see Western progress at work” (1951)
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“You’ve read the story of last summer’s TV demonstrations in Berlin–thousands slipped through the Iron Curtain to see Western progress at work” (1951)

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  • 4 years ago
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“These men get TV’s Inside Story” (1951)
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“These men get TV’s Inside Story” (1951)

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  • 4 years ago
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“This is television reporting–virtually, by any practical measurement, instantaneous–and making all other methods of news coverage seem slow” (1950)
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“This is television reporting–virtually, by any practical measurement, instantaneous–and making all other methods of news coverage seem slow” (1950)

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“Your future will run on Atomic Time” (1949)
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“Your future will run on Atomic Time” (1949)

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  • 4 years ago
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“The Candidate will be televised as he looks into the camera–talks to the people, face to face. His appearance, smile, gestures, combine with the sound of his voice, and his message, to complete the transmission of his personality.” (1948)
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“The Candidate will be televised as he looks into the camera–talks to the people, face to face. His appearance, smile, gestures, combine with the sound of his voice, and his message, to complete the transmission of his personality.” (1948)

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“Watch RCA Color TV in Action” (1954)
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“Watch RCA Color TV in Action” (1954)

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“Thirty years ago, to get election results, people waited for the morning papers..Now television arrives as a star reporter, making you an eye witness of politics as it is practiced” (1948)
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“Thirty years ago, to get election results, people waited for the morning papers..Now television arrives as a star reporter, making you an eye witness of politics as it is practiced” (1948)

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“Big tube color film system for impressive big picture color reproduction” (1966)
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“Big tube color film system for impressive big picture color reproduction” (1966)

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“Mobile TV tape recorder…tape and roll!” (1965)
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“Mobile TV tape recorder…tape and roll!” (1965)

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