Yesterday's historic inauguration brought back a memory; that the first time I watched television was the inauguration of Harry Truman on January 20, 1949. That seems like ancient history even to me.
The way it happened was that my 8th grade classmate, Judy Blevins, had a TV in her home--probably the first one in the neighborhood. Her father was a partner in King Studios, an advertising company.
They invited our class of 12 and teacher, Arno Wiehle, to watch the inauguration. Of course the screen was probably 7" so it was a moving snapshot, but it was TV and it was happening right then. Try to imagine the scene: the parents, the class and teacher, their three younger children--all crowded around a black-and-white 7" screen.
And now I have a new high definition 37" screen to watch all by myself. My old 25" regular color TV was 'inadequate.' Is this progress?
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