Philco TB-3 TV Signal Booster

This is another early TV signal booster made by Philco. It looks a lot like a radio in its plastic cabinet.

RCA U-70 UHF Converter

This RCA unit looks more like a radio than a UHF converter. Initially, all TV stations operated using the VHF frequency. But, in 1953, Portland was the first city in the nation to begin broadcasting using the UHF frequency. Early TVs were not designed to receive UHF broadcasts; consequently, UHF converters were used to connect between the TV and the VHF antenna allowing the TV to receive both VHF and UHF signals.

1939 New York World's Fair RCA Exhibit Card

This souvenir card (I believe) was given to people visiting the RCA exhibit to certify that they had been broadcast on television (which was being introduced and demonstrated at the fair). Typically, the person's name was handwritten on the card.

Click the card image to see both the front and the back of the card.

Replacement Picture Tubes

If you own a bunch of working vintage TVs you need some replacement picture tubes in various sizes handy.

This tube is a 12LP4, shown with the harness that Philco used to mount CRTs to the cabinet. I also have spare 7JP4, 10BP4, 10FP4, 12JP4, 12KP4 CRTs for future use (and not for sale).

1950s Ideal Dollhouse TV

This TV-related toy is really cute (and I guess kind of rare). The doors open and close, the phonograph slides in and out, and the TV section pivots to hide or expose the screen. Neat!

1950s Ideal Dollhouse TV

This TV-related toy is slightly larger than the other Ideal TV toy shown above. And, this TV toy has a knob in the center which rotates a cardboard disc on which one of five pictures displays on the TV screen.

1950s Metal NBC TV Van

This TV-related toy looks nice on top of a vintage TV. It's only 6" long.

1950s Plastic Kraft TV Cameraman

I couldn't resist this TV-related vintage toy to put on top of one of my vintage TVs. He stands about 4" tall and swivels on the base.

I thought he was so cute that I bought a second one on ebay a week after buying the first one.