01-03-2015, 07:04 PM
This is an interesting picture of Jack Benny. Dated June 19, 1948, the caption reads: "TO REWARD CAMPAIGNERS, Jack Benny gave a Philco table model television set for the winning Parent-Teacher Association in the Plain Dealer-Parent-Teacher Association Milk Fund Campaign which officially opened yesterday. Mayor Thomas A. Burke, right, is shown with Benny at the opening." The television is one of Philco's first, a model 48-1001 with a 10" screen. It would be over 2 years until Benny appeared on the small screen as host of his own show (in October 1950).
Greg V.
West Bend, WI
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