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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D60360-8
Date(s)
- 1951-08-06 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
A Sears, Roebuck employee demonstrates a new television console to a young Tacoma family in August, 1951. A similar television with rectangular screen is on sale for $259. Sears was having a sale on household appliances and furnishings with low down payments advertised. A sign on the wall indicates that a 15% down payments would be accepted. Several refrigerators are lined up just a few short steps away. TPL-5046
Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Televisions--1950-1960; Children watching television; Refrigerators; Selling--Tacoma; Sales personnel--Tacoma;