Description
Black and white 10″ x 14″ ad for their 17″ Slim Jim Portable. The picture shows it sitting on a table next a Life magazine so it’s size can be compared and a woman’s hands are reaching out calling attention to the small distance between the front and the back of the unit. The headline claims that “Sylvania’s revolutionary 110 degree TV tube whittles the bulk from BIG SCREEN portables” and the claims is made that this unit has “The Slimmest Case”, “The Biggest Screen” and The Clearest Picture”. The text explains that this design is possible due to the new picture tube that Sylvania has come up with and mentions a price o $139.95. The ad also mentions a Thunderbird 7-transistor Portable Radio and a Swivel Base for the television for $4.88. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view.
Source: February 18, 1957 Life magazine.
