#portable televisions

[goshyesvintageads]

General Electric Corp, 1955

[eightiesfan]

Panasonic 1980 catalogue

[wallbang-buzzkill]

we're all just part of someone's elaborate plan, chess pieces in some grandious scheme

[vintagepromotions]

Advertisement for Motorola portable radios (1948).

[retropopcult]

May 1965

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1955 General Electric Portable 32lb Television

[rimpyspinkeye]

Folks. Once again I come asking for help with my quest for a particular picture that I'm sure I originally saw on Tumblr.

The photo showed a person wearing a bear costume (similar to the one shown here). They are standing on a sidewalk in front of a small, white church, with a wooden cross in its front yard. They are holding a portable television.

Something about the scene reminded me of Seattle, where i lived in the mid '80s. A street sign was visible in the photo. After some searching I was able to confirm the location of the church. That was the end of it.

Now I am back in Seattle after many decades. I began thinking about that picture, and that it might be fun to visit the spot. But I couldn't remember it. And I can't find the original photo anywhere, either on Tumblr or the web at large.

After exhaustive searching on Google Maps, I am now 99% certain that the original location is what is shown in the first two photos above. It is currently called Trinity United Methodist Church. Some years back it was called Crown Hill United Methodist Church. The address is 8500 14th Avenue NW, Seattle. It is located in the Ballard neighborhood.

If anyone knows of the original photo, please let me know. Thanks.

[cravinganescape]

SONY KV-4P1 Micro Trinitron Color Monitor (1980) | A personalized television developed as an accessory to executives’ desks or for use in cars 📺✨

[zoomar]

Pony Portable Transistor Television, 1967

[emeraldexplorer2]

1968

[goshyesvintageads]

General Electric Co, 1958

[easternblocrelics]

Backside: General Consumer and Sales Cooperative 1979

[eightiesfan]

JVC 1985

[they-have-the-same-va]

In Japanese, Candace Flynn from Phineas and Ferb shares a voice actress with Liina Sukaya from Phantasy Star Universe.

Voiced by Ryoko Nagata

[hommedessept]

Sony portable television 1975

[gameraboy2]

1976 ad for Panasonic's The Outsiders portable televisions