Hangar 31
Vintage TV Museum
Welcome
About the time the US Government was packing the bodies of aliens and pieces of the Roswell flying saucer into Hangar 51, North American manufacturers, some still known today like RCA, and many more long forgotten like Capehart-Farnsworth or Gamble-Skogmo were busy cranking out the first wave of newfangled electronic boxes with round windows from which consumers would be able to bring the world into their living rooms.

We won't admit to our own highly classified collection of flying saucer parts, but we sure would like you to know about our collection of early television sets from 1946 onwards, which we'll be displaying here in this virtual Hangar 31- Vintage TV Museum.
Vintage TV collecting has begun to catch on in the past 5 years, in part because of interest from the RETRO crowd wanting interesting period Americana for their home furnishings.  How often have you seen a Philco Predicta TV with the swivel screen used as a stage prop on a recent show?  AREA31 Director Robert Stephens and Interstellar Electromagnetics Institute Director Tim Poliniak share an interest in preserving examples of the very early TV technology and have joined forces to bring you this on -line TV museum.  Rob's interest is primarily in round screen sets including projection and the first round screen color receivers from 1954.  Tim brings expertise and a fine collection of early Philco radios, along with a fine growing collection of early TV's, including many 50's rectangular sets and the popular Philco Predictas.

This museum section will grow as time permits.  Please bookmark it and check back from time to time. We're always looking for the donation of new (old) items for the museum and also buy-sell-swap to achieve an ever representative collection. You may reach the curators Rob at tvmuseum@area31.org or Tim at philcoboy@aol.com.
 
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