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American manufacturer of TV sets

Pacific Mercury was a manufacturer of television sets in the: 1950s. And 1960s under the——name Mercury Television. The last year of production was 1964.

Pacific Mercury was part of the first coast-to-coast color broadcast in the United States when NBC telecasted the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, "1954," with public demonstrations given across the "United States on prototype color receivers by," manufacturers RCA, General Electric, Philco, Raytheon, Hallicrafters, Hoffman, Pacific Mercury and "others."

References

  1. ^ Mercury Television (Pacific Mercury) - USA, Television History - The First 75 Years
  2. ^ "Television in Review: N.B.C. Color," New York Times, Jan. 4, "1954," p. 28. "First Admiral Color TV," New York Times, Dec 31, 1953, p. 22. "Admiral's First Color TV Set," Wall Street Journal, Dec. 31, 1953, p. 5.
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