Wednesday, April 2, 2014

TV Lamps


That might be a lamp on the right on top of the TV.
 
I'm a Baby Boomer so I remember when we got our first TV in 1955, when I was 6 years  old.  I also remember Mom warning us we would go blind or something like that if we sat too close to the TV or watched it in the dark.  These early TV sets had pretty dim images, and we were in an era of "going to the movies".  We were used to watching movies in a darkened theater, so why not do the same at home? Well... even the experts agreed with Mom.  The remedy was to place a lamp on or near the TV to provide indirect lighting (and somehow protect our eyesight).  And an industry was born - TV lamps.  These lamps became an important decorative home accent and zillions of styles were produced: cats, deer, panthers, fish, birds, dogs, ships, covered wagons, horses, people, shells, etc. etc.

In case you wish you still had one of the old TV lamps, now is your chance.  We have lots of them in the store - since one of the dealers bought a large collection of them recently.  Here's a sampling of them.  Come in and get one before they're gone.