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50s TV Lamps
Calvin Shepherd
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Description for 50s TV Lamps
Paperback. Nearly 400 color photos explore the many forms of TV lamps. In the early days of television, people attempted to protect themselves from the new machines with creative lamps that provided back light that was believed to protect the eyes. These lamps took on fantastic forms and sometimes doubled as vases or planters. Num Pages: 128 pages, 395 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; WC; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 686.
In the early days of television, people attempted to protect themselves from the new machines with bright talismans--creative lamps that provided back light that was believed to protect the eyes. These lamps took on fantastic forms, the most popular among them being panthers and other animals like Siamese cats. They came in any number of forms, though, and sometimes doubled as vases or planters. Herein nearly 400 photos explore the many forms of TV lamps, from a barnyard full of horses, roosters, ducks, and swans, to all manner of conveyances like boats, wagons, and cars, and an international collection of ... Read more
In the early days of television, people attempted to protect themselves from the new machines with bright talismans--creative lamps that provided back light that was believed to protect the eyes. These lamps took on fantastic forms, the most popular among them being panthers and other animals like Siamese cats. They came in any number of forms, though, and sometimes doubled as vases or planters. Herein nearly 400 photos explore the many forms of TV lamps, from a barnyard full of horses, roosters, ducks, and swans, to all manner of conveyances like boats, wagons, and cars, and an international collection of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764306013
SKU
V9780764306013
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99-2
About Calvin Shepherd
Calvin Shepherd is a longtime resident of Selma, California, the Raisin Capital of the World. He has been married to Joyce Self Shepherd for forty-four years and is the father of three grown children. He and his wife have been collecting antiques and collectibles for about thirty years. Although they collect several different antiques and collectibles, TV lamps are the ... Read more
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