Thanksgiving Day Special: Encore Presentation of Our Very First Episode: Introducing TV at the 1939 World’s Fair

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In this episode Andrew, Steve, and Jonathan discuss David Sarnoff’s introduction of television for RCA at the 1939 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows NY. Tune in to listen to this story about hope, the future, and looking for the “World of Tomorrow” during a time between economic depression and the cusp of world war. You might just learn something and have a few laughs along the way. Be sure to check out some of the historical photographs and documents embedded in this episode’s post.

Copyright The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 photographs (1977) by Richard Wurts
Row of RCA TRK_12 Televisions inside RCA Pavilion
Source: myvintagetv.com
RCA TRK_12 Model
Copyright: Robert Schuldenfrei
World’s Fair at Night in Color
Source: earlytelevision.org
Fair Button
Elektro the Smoking Robot Exhibit
1939 fair grounds layout
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) interpretation of a World’s Fair

America’s First Television Tour (RCA Exhibit Guide Book 1939) link

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