RCA "Chalfont" Console Television Receiver, 1956

Television receiver

1956

Not on exhibit to the public.

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Lucille H. Roberts.

On front on applied metal script: RCA Victor/ Deluxe On channel indicator drum at top: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 In black on fold-down door beneath screen: HORIZ. HOLD/ BRIGHTNESS/ VERT. HOLD/ TONE/ TV/ PH/ PRINTED IN U.S.A./ 933385-1 On yellow sticker on fold-down door: RCA/ RCA VICTOR/ TELEVISION/ FACTORY SERVICE/ CALL/ Texas/ 4-4100 Stamped on back panel: .../ Golden Throat/... Stamped on back panel: RCA VICTOR/ VICTOR/.../ MODEL 21-0-647/ SERIAL NO./ MARKED ON BACK/ OF TELEVISION CHASSIS/.../ MADE IN U.S.A./ RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ RCA VICTOR TELEVISION DIVISION/ CAMDEN 2, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. Stamped on back in white lettering within black arrow indicating jack at bottom of back: NOW YOU CAN PLAY ALL YOUR/ RECORDS THROUGH/ THIS INSTRUMENT/ PLUG A/ VICTROLA/ AUTOMATIC/ RECORD CHANGER/ IN THIS/ PHONO JACK Inside back: [schematic] On tube: RCA/ SERIAL NO. 54841/ TUBE TYPE 190169 Stamped on tube platform, inside back: KC597D/ 541L3/ RVB 274 Along row at bottom: WIDTH/ HEIGHT/ H DRIVE/ SYNCH STAB/ AGC/ PHONO Stamped on part: 971295-1/ KRK22H/ 541L3/ RVB274 On back panel along bottom: WIDTH/ HEIGHT/ V-LIN./ H-DRIVE/ SYNC/ AGC. On dial on side: CHANNEL TUNING/ OFF-VOLUME/ CONTRAST