RCA Image Orth Camera Model TK-11A
Camera
RCA Image Orth Camera Model TK-11A
May 1952
Metal, glass and wire
Overall (camera): 19 1/2 × 15 × 42 1/2 in. (49.5 × 38.1 × 108 cm)
Overall (on tripod): 66 × 38 × 38 in. (167.6 × 96.5 × 96.5 cm)
Gift of L. Carey Williams
1986.0467.0001
DescriptionBrown, rectangular, black and white, television studio tube camera with Kodak Television Ektanon 135mm f/3.8 lens, Kodak Television Ektanon 90mm f/3.5 lens, Kodak Ektar 50mm f/1.9 lens, Kodak Telephoto 254mm f/4.5 lens, automatic or manual vertical deflection and horizontal linearity, horizontal shading control, gain control, focus control, tube-screen viewfinder and viewfinder shade on RCA Cam Head and studio tripod.
Inscriptions Painted in white on right side of camera: WSBT-TV 22 / Embossed in silver on right side of camera: RCA Television / Painted in white on left side of camera: WBST-TV 22 THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE STATION / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 4 / Engraved in black and silver on plate behind right door: IMAGE ORTH CAMERA A PART OF TYPE TK-11A OR TK-31A MI-26011 RCA SER. 1180 REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA CAMDEN N.J. MADE IN U.S.A. / Inscribed in pencil under right door: Changed tubes 3/12/57 F.B. / Printed in black on yellow label behind right door: IMAGE ORTH CAMERA MI-26011 SERIES RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICAM CAMDEN N.J. MADE IN U.S.A. / Printed in silver behind left door: DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE / Inscribed in black behind left door: DANGER - HIGH VOLTAGE / Printed in black above control knobs behind left door: HORIZONTAL LINEARITY, G5, G6, AUTO OFF, BLO HTR, FILM CENTERING, VETICAL DEFLECTION / Printed in black on front of camera head: CAM HEAD MI-557310 RCA SER. 704 MFG. BY HOUSTON-FEARLESS CORP. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
