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Thread Number: 53178
1949 ADMIRAL S3-49 stove ($300) and 1950's Philco Picture Tube Vintage Muntz TV Television - $125 |
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Post# 755347 5/6/2014 at 21:43 (3,642 days old) by ovrphil  (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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For the Philco fans..
1)1949 ADMIRAL ELECTRIC STOVE - $300 (WILLOW SPRINGS): stlouis.craigslist.org/app/445480... 2) 1950's Philco Picture Tube Vintage Muntz TV Television - $125 - seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/44... 
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| Post# 755349 , Reply# 1 5/6/2014 at 22:01 (3,642 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Oh, My God.
That is the Muntz TV my dreaded, and dreadful, maternal grandmother had, the exact one. That photo gave me the shudders!
Muntz is not a good word in our family, anyway. My dad trained with RCA, but didn't get hired right away, so he went to work for Muntz. At that time, Earl Muntz had jumped on the early '50s TV bandwagon selling sets cheaper than anyone else. How did he do it? By building a lower-quality set than anyone else dared put their name on. The crappy quality ensured that it wasn't long before he went out of business, taking my dad's job with him. Dad says the guy - long dead, of course - still owes him some pay. RCA hired him not too long after - the beginning of forty years with the company. But don't say "Muntz" to him. | ||
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Post# 755354 , Reply# 2 5/6/2014 at 22:26 (3,642 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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| Post# 755358 , Reply# 3 5/6/2014 at 22:40 (3,642 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Phil:
No, it's really sort of a joke in the family, except that Dad doesn't take getting abused lightly - he has a hard time forgetting and letting go.
The part about Mom's mom is the bad memory. Remember "The Queen of Mean," the late Leona Helmsley? Leona would have fled from that grandmother in terror. Fortunately, I had another grandmother, and the good memories she made for me are frequently seen on this site. :) | ||
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Post# 755400 , Reply# 4 5/7/2014 at 05:32 (3,642 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Post# 755446 , Reply# 5 5/7/2014 at 11:53 (3,641 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The only place I saw Muntz TVs advertised was in the green TV section that came in the Saturday Atlanta Journal (and Constitution, too, I guess). Was it a national brand? | ||
| Post# 755447 , Reply# 6 5/7/2014 at 11:59 (3,641 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Tom: | ||
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Post# 755480 , Reply# 8 5/7/2014 at 14:10 (3,641 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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