First Color Television Receiver CT-100
c. 1954
40 in. x 28 in. x 25 in. (101.6 cm x 71.12 cm x 63.5 cm)
RCA,
Object Type:
Electronic Equipment
Accession Number:
S.82
The big wooden box is RCA’s first all electronic color consumer TV receiver set in the US -- the model CT-100. Parts are available for its repair (it worked up until three years ago). RCA made less than 5,000 of these sets and priced them at $995, about the same as a good used car.
11" diagonal screen in mahogany case.