Description
Black and white 5 1/4″ x 13″ ad for Admiral Portable Television Sets. This ad is for “The two prize portables for 1960” and the information for the top one starts out by saying the “World’s First Portable with Wireless Remote Control”. It then says that “Admiral Son-R remote control has no wires, no batteries, no transistors…super-sonic sound tunes this new Space Age portable TV…the most versatile TV ever created! Take it to any room. Tune from anywhere in the room…from the comfort of the bed or easy chair. Wireless Son-R turns your new Admiral portable TV on-off, changes channels, adjusts volumes to 4 levels! Slips into a magnetic pocket on the side of the set when not in use. Son-R TV complete from $199.95″. The second TV is called the “New Admiral Thin Man!…TV that travels in Style. First really rugged and ready to go portable. Ultra-slim and styled like the finest luggage. Only 12 1/4 inches thin. Has the famous Admiral etched satellite circuits that end service worries. Forward sound up-front. Best picture ever in portable TV. Handy top tuning. Choice of two-tone and leather look finishes in all white, tan-morocco and white and black morocco. Thin man portables from $159.95″.
Source: June 29, 1959 Life magazine.
