Here's your typical 1952 family.

[Grampa Don]

relaxing and watching their new Magnavox TV. And Gabby Hayes is on. My folks always dressed like that to watch TV.

 

[officerripley]

Lol, I don't think my parents even owned any clothing like that. (And even if dad had owned a nice suit like that, he would've saved it just to wear when with his mistresses.)

 

[That Lady in PA]

I guess my family was very atypical then.

 

[Llynn]

Not remotely typical of my world.

 

[January]

My folks always dressed like that to watch TV.

not sure if you mean that or being facetious.

we didn't get a TV until 1971 when I was 8 years old. We sure didnt get dressed up to watch it, just wore whatever we happened t o be wearing at the time - often pyjamas - I suppose my father might have worn similar clothes to that if he watched it after work, those were the days office workers wore ties to work

 

[debodun]

I always remember having a TV and I WAS born in 1952!

 

[Coco]

My dad only wore his suit for weddings and funerals (including his own.) Somebody should tell that little boy it's not polite to point.

 

[StarSong]

I always remember having a TV and I WAS born in 1952!

Ditto. My parents bought a TV before I was born, didn't dress up at home, and sat much further back from the TV.

My father wore a suit and tie to work everyday, but changed into more casual clothing as soon as he got home. We kids did the same - came home from school and changed into play clothes.

 

[Grampa Don]

I don't think my Dad even had a suit. In 1952 we had our first TV, a 10 inch Emerson console. I was a Hopalong Cassidy fan and Gabby Hayes was his side kick.

 

[hollydolly]

I wasn't even a twinkle in anyone's eye in 1952.... ..my mother was just 18 then.... and my father was married to someone else...


I do remember getting a TV.. but I was about 4...or 5 maybe even a little older ... 1960..or early 60's..


so that was 10 years after 1952.. and definitely no-one dressed in a party frock to watch....

 

[Lawrence00]

I remember when I was 5, 1963, we had a black and white TV, and Captain Kangaroo and Jack Lalanne were in my life.

And cartoons.

Later we would rush home from church to watch Hercules.

On Sundays we sometimes went to grandparents home and they had a big color TV. Ed Sullivan.

 

[QuietByNature]

My parents never dressed like that but they had an RCA TV that looked almost like that and worked right up till my dad passed in 2007, when my mom got rid of it.

 

[Lewkat]

My father was a lawyer, so, yes, he wore a suit like that every day of his life.

 

[TeePee]

I guess my family was very atypical then.

Mine too!

 

[TeePee]

I don't think my Dad even had a suit. In 1952 we had our first TV, a 10 inch Emerson console. I was a Hopalong Cassidy fan and Gabby Hayes was his side kick.

I don't recall my dad ever wearing one.

 

[ChiroDoc]

We got our first TV in 1949 when I was 5 years old. I think it had a 12" or 14" screen. There were only 2-3 channels.

My dad wore suits every day, but not at home relaxing in the evening. My mother wore dress-up dresses like that to socialize, to church, or to go to town.

 

[Paladin1950]

My father wearing a suit and tie at night while watching television? And my mother, a gown? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
But then again, I was only 2 years old, so who knows? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Something's a little off. The woman appears to be wearing false eyelashes and from where he's sitting, I don't see how the man can see the screen.

1952 was further back than when my family got a TV, but I haven't made a whole lot of progress in my own TV watching over the years. The largest TV screen in my house is 32" and I still have one 16" TV in a bedroom.

 

[hollydolly]

Something's a little off. The woman appears to be wearing false eyelashes and from where he's sitting, I don't see how the man can see the screen.

1952 was further back than when my family got a TV, but I haven't made a whole lot of progress in my own TV watching over the years. The largest TV screen in my house is 32" and I still have one 16" TV in a bedroom.

that's because it's an advert for a Television....

 

[TeePee]

I'm not sure when we got out TV. Some of the shows I remember are: My Little Margie, Life Of Riley, and Our Miss. Brooks. I remember four stations but one of them was really fuzzy and we had to move the antenna around to get a halfway decent picture.

 

[hollydolly]

Another advert for the same TV Brand

 

[Grampa Don]

If you look at the fine print in those ads you'll see that the people are show business stars. In mine, it's Peter Lynd Hayes and his wife Mary Healy. In Hollydolly's it's Edgar Bergen and his family. That's why Charley McCarthy is on the TV.

 

[hollydolly]

If you look at the fine print in those ads you'll see that the people are show business stars. In mine, it's Peter Lynd Hayes and his wife Mary Healy. In Hollydolly's it's Edgar Bergen and his family. That's why Charley McCarthy is on the TV.

I've never heard of these actors but it would stand to reason because they always used actors in commericals back in the day....

 

[Babs2u]

If you look at the fine print in those ads you'll see that the people are show business stars. In mine, it's Peter Lynd Hayes and his wife Mary Healy. In Hollydolly's it's Edgar Bergen and his family. That's why Charley McCarthy is on the TV.

Very smart and perceptive!

 

[Aunt Bea]

In my world most of the men were married and buried in the same suit.

We did have a television made of wood and so did all of our neighbors.

In those days, before credit cards, you saved up or stopped at the local finance company office for a loan to buy a television or major appliance.

Those offices were often located near the entrance to a factory.