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Merry Philco TV Xmas
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12-06-2016, 08:22 PM
[Image: http://www.wa2ise.com/radios/familyalbum-phtv.jpg] Xmas at my grandma's back in 1951, when this Philco TV was about a year old.  
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12-14-2016, 07:42 AM
Very nice!  And Merry Christmas. Those were really great and simpler times.....And watching TV was free also! Icon_thumbup
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12-14-2016, 11:08 AM
Love it,
I am a tinsel lover too!

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12-14-2016, 03:34 PM
That was the best kind of tinsel, lead.

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12-14-2016, 06:32 PM
YUP,,that tinsel,,,made a LOT of sparks on that old Marz Train Tracks
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12-17-2016, 02:10 PM
Ah, the simplicity of yesteryear Icon_smile
If I could find the place called "Somewhere", I could find "Anything" Icon_confused

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12-16-2018, 04:32 PM
? Merry Xmas again! ?
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12-16-2018, 08:50 PM
Looks a lot like my 1950 T-1104.  Icon_smile 

   
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12-23-2019, 08:37 PM
Another Merry Philco Christmas
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