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Title: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: lfischer46 on Monday 02 April 18 17:57 BST (UK)
Elisabetha is my grand aunt, born in the Banat in 1866, she came to Detroit in 1921 with her three daughters.
I have  Find A Grave for her burial in 1941. My cousin, who is her great grandson, has this picture of her. The picture confuses me because of the TV, which seems to be from the 50's.

Help with dating the picture is what I would like, but my cousin would probably appreciate seeing a better image.

Thank you in advance for your help.
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: loord74 on Monday 02 April 18 21:06 BST (UK)
Sorry ..But no enough quality to do better ..If you can Re-scan it with 300 DPI to gain better results
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: japeflakes on Monday 02 April 18 21:22 BST (UK)
Agree, better scan needed I would say:
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Gadget on Monday 02 April 18 21:31 BST (UK)
Hi  lfischer46

 Welcome to Rootschat  :)

I also think that the photo might well be 1950s - because of the TV and the furnishings/decoration. Is your cousin who sent you the photo sure that it is Elisabetha?  Maybe it could be another relative.

Gadget
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Gadget on Monday 02 April 18 21:36 BST (UK)
A link to various types of TV through the ages:

https://techinfographics.com/the-evolution-of-tv/

Gadget
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Gadget on Monday 02 April 18 22:03 BST (UK)
I've found what is said to be a 1940 TV but I think it would be quite small compared with the one in your photo:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/9900884/ScreenHunter_02-Jan.-25-18.56-300x171.jpg?1492015908



Gadget
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Trishanne on Monday 02 April 18 22:33 BST (UK)
A clean up from me.
As others have said, that TV is from a much later date than the 1940s. I cannot say what TVs were like in Canada, but in 1953 in England for the Coronation, there was a big surge in the sale of TVs. The reports seem to be that people were watching on TVs from 9" screen to 15"  screen.
I got married in 1958 and the TV we had then as far as I can remember was a 16" screen.
Pat
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 03 April 18 23:05 BST (UK)
Hi and welcome to RootsChat....I'm not convinced that it's a T.V.....I wonder if it could be a cabinet. The T.V. that we had in the 1950s was quite small but very deep and this looks very thin and quite flat.
Carol
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Gadget on Wednesday 04 April 18 10:25 BST (UK)
It is a very strange shape, Carol.

I've found this web page that illustrates 1940s electronics and the one on the right with the insert that is advertising  Motorola is very similar. It also says it's a 16 ins!  US were always ahead of us I suppose. I remember going to my aunty's to watch the Coronation in 1953 - 12 of us watching an 8 ins tele!

http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/electronics-ads-1940s
Title: Re: Elisabetha Servo Rennon Arndt
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 04 April 18 11:31 BST (UK)
Yes you could be right Gadget. I Based my opinion on the UK models of the 50s.
Carol