RCA television
| Description: |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt made history when he gave an opening address at the World’s Fair in New York City in 1939 that was televised to only about 7,000 TVs - the only 7,000 in the world! Thousands of people attending the Fair that year saw a Television for the first time. On this RCA Victor, made between 1939 and 1940, one could watch college football games, cartoons, cooking demonstrations, travel programs and dramas. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1563 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Television Television -- History Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Radio Corporation of America |
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