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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated September 30, 1959 reads, "World's Worst Television -- Organized disorder is demonstrated by Ralph Johonnot, 612 S. Victory Blvd., Burbank, a television repair technician, to Mary Kaye O'Brien, 533 W. Sandy Hook, Covina, at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona. Johonnot and fellow technicians built a special set to demonstrate 16 of the most common reception ailments which plague televiewers. It is so designed that viewers may familiarize themselves with the problems and costs of television repair. The exhibit is being sponsored by the Radio-Television Technicians Association and the Society of the Radio-Television Technicians."
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1 photographic print :b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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