Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

DUMONT

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, METALS

No. Pieces

1

Height

103.2

Length

71.7

Width

62.6

Description

CABINET TV. STANDS ON FOUR DOWEL LEGS. EACH LEG HAS A BRASS FOOT AT THE BOTTOM. CABINET IS MADE OF MELAMINE? (FAKE WOOD) AND IS STAINED DARK BROWN. IMMEDIATELY BELOW TV SCREEN, IN RAISED LETTERS, IS "WIDE HORIZON". BELOW THIS ARE 2 KNOBS, IN BETWEEN WHICH READ "CAE DUMONT". BELOW THIS IS A WOVEN SPEAKER COVER. BACK OF TV IS COVERED WITH PARTICLE BOARD, WHICH HAS VARIOUS INFORMATION ON IT INCLUDING MANUFACTURING INFORMATION, CAUTIONS, "MANUFACTURED IN CANADA BY CANADIAN AVIATION PRODUCTS LTD. CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION" AND "476070". THERE IS A BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD OUT OF BACK OF TV. ALL THE PICTURE CONTROLS ARE ALSO ON THE BACK, AT THE BOTTOM. TAPED TO BOTTOM OF TV IS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT CONTAINS MANUFACTURING INFO. AS WELL AS A DIAGRAM.

Subjects

TELECOMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

History

TELEVISION BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER-IN-LAW, JOE BALOGH. IT WAS HIS FIRST TELEVISION AND WAS PURCHASED IN THE 1950S. JOE CAME TO CANADA FROM HUNGARY IN 1948 (HE HAD FAKED HIS OWN SUICIDE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO ESCAPE FROM RUSSIAN CONTROLLED HUNGARY TO AUSTRIA, WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED). HIS WIFE CAME TO CANADA SEPARATELY AND THEY MET UP IN LETHBRIDGE, THEN WENT TO THE TURIN/IRON SPRINGS AREA TO WORK ON A BEET FARM. JOE'S CHILDREN, LES BALOGH (OF OKOTOKS) AND SUSAN WAUGH (OF LETHBRIDGE) WERE BOTH BORN IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1957 JOE WAS HIRED AS A GEOLOGICAL DRAFTSMAN FOR PACIFIC PETROLEUM (NOW PETRO-CAN), AND MOVED TO CALGARY. JOE PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER OF 2000, AND DONOR AND HIS WIFE (JOE'S DAUGHTER) WENT THROUGH HIS THINGS, AND AT THIS TIME DONATED ITEM TO MUSEUM. TELEVISION WAS KEPT IN THE FAMILY HOUSE UNTIL THIS TIME. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE TALKED TO THE DONOR, BILL WAUGH ABOUT THE TELEVISION. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO WAUGH, BALOGH GOT THE TELEVISION IN LETHBRIDGE. HE BROUGHT IT WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO CALGARY (WHERE IT WAS USED FOR THE LARGE PART) WHERE IT WAS KEPT IN THE MASTER BEDROOM OF HIS HOME. HE STOPPED USING THE TELEVISION IN THE 1970'S. BALOGH HAULED GRAVEL WHILE HE WAS IN LETHBRIDGE. WHILE HAULING GRAVEL HE WORKED ON THE LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL. LATER HE WAS A NIGHT MANAGER AT THE ALEC ARMS. IN 1957 HE MOVED TO CALGARY TO BECOME A GEOLOGICAL DRAFTSMEN FOR "PETROLEUM 66.'

Catalogue Number

P20010044000

Acquisition Date

2001-08

Collection

Museum

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