Sometimes a collection is about the periphery. Most of us have a love/hate affair with TV. Especially around Saturday nights when the NHL is back on (YES!) Like most of you I like all things TV. As many of you know my beautiful wifey and I live on a float home and space is a major issue. As much as I would like to be able to collect radios and antique televisions, there is just no room. But I can collect the adjuncts that make TV and radio interesting. Many TV lovers collect old TV guides, TV scripts etc just like a Hot Wheels collector will try and collect the track, carrying cases and sometimes the old ads that go with it. It just makes your obsession more complete.
Here is a 1932 Radio and Television Institute training manual, basically a home training course in the new field of electronics. There is a great section in here on the possibility of the new invention TV coming to everyones home in the near future. This is history, this is the kind of thing that is not easy to find but makes makes a wonderful conversation starter when seen by visitors. This particular issue comes with a two page typed letter from the institute to the new student (who lives on a chicken farm) telling them that there is no way that there is no way they can get enough power from their farm light power plant to run a 5 tube radio receiver. This is what I look for, something that personalizes the experience. Anyone can go out and buy an old TV or radio, but trying to find these types of items is the icing on the cake.
Here is a 1932 Radio and Television Institute training manual, basically a home training course in the new field of electronics. There is a great section in here on the possibility of the new invention TV coming to everyones home in the near future. This is history, this is the kind of thing that is not easy to find but makes makes a wonderful conversation starter when seen by visitors. This particular issue comes with a two page typed letter from the institute to the new student (who lives on a chicken farm) telling them that there is no way that there is no way they can get enough power from their farm light power plant to run a 5 tube radio receiver. This is what I look for, something that personalizes the experience. Anyone can go out and buy an old TV or radio, but trying to find these types of items is the icing on the cake.
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