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Early television The Baird “Televisor” (sold in 1930–1933 in the UK) is considered the first mass-produced television, selling about a thousand units.
$2500 in 1928, but it wasn’t a production model. The first commercial models went for $1100 to $1300 in 1954. That would be $10,500 to $12,400 in 2019 dollars.
73,365 fans filled Yankee Stadium on September 30, 1947 to watch game one of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Buying power of $300 since 1960
Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
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1960 | $300.00 | 0.58% |
1961 | $291.04 | -2.99% |
1962 | $276.95 | -4.84% |
1963 | $270.63 | -2.28% |
Some newer smart TVs are equipped with a built-in camera, but many are not. If your smart TV has facial recognition or video chat features, chances are it has a camera. If it does, you should be able to find the lens if you look closely at the edges of the screen.
In the early 1970s a good, 21-inch console color television might cost you $500. In today’s money that would be around $3300. A good tabletop set might be $350, or about $2200 today.
RCA had launched its TRK-12 in April, 1939 at $600 (about $7,000 in today’s money), and quickly reduced the selling price to $395 (about $4,500 ) early in 1940.
TV Time. Of course, some items have come down in price; televisions for instance. In 1955, a new TV would set you back $250.00. That’s $2,100 now.
In 1928, WRGB (then W2XB) was started as the world’s first television station. It broadcast from the General Electric facility in Schenectady, NY. It was popularly known as “WGY Television “.
Credit for our modern version of the school system usually goes to Horace Mann. When he became Secretary of Education in Massachusetts in 1837, he set forth his vision for a system of professional teachers who would teach students an organized curriculum of basic content.
TV Series, Released between 1948-01-01 and 1948-12-31 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) Studio One in Hollywood (1948–1958) The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956) Superman Serials: The Complete 1948 & 1950 Theatrical Serials Collection (1948– ) The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Television shows
Series | Debut | Ended |
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In the Kelvinator Kitchen | 1947 | 1948 |
The Walter Compton News | June 16, 1947 | January 1948 |
Major League Baseball on NBC | July 8, 1947 | October 17, 2000 |
Musical Merry-Go-Round | 1947 | 1949 |
Although fewer than twenty television stations were in operation at the end of 1947, more than 30 began broadcasting in 1948.