This ad appeared in a November 1960 edition of Life Magazine.

RCA model CT-100

Mass production of the first RCA Victor television color sets (above) began
on March 25, 1954. The cost…$1,000. It featured a 15-inch tri-color picture 
tube.

Publicity photo of the CT-100 production line, RCA’s first consumer
color receiver.

 
                 Early 50’s HOFFMAN “EASY-VISION” TELEVISION.

Hoffman Radio (also Hoffman Electronics) was founded just after World War-II,
in 1946.  They were located in Los Angeles, California.  Initially the firm made
small tabletop radios, but got into television manufacturing in 1948, and stayed
in the TV business until 1977. Hoffman remains in business today as Hoffman
Video Systems.