[post_page_title]Amazing moving pictures[/post_page_title]
Televisions are a completely normal thing to find in nearly every home, but that wasn’t always the case. Before TVs were commonplace, the idea of a box that displayed moving pictures seemed nearly impossible. Even though the first electronic TV set was invented in 1927, it took several years for the television to develop into a usable commodity, and even more time for them to become available commercially.
The devices were bulky and expensive, and most families couldn’t afford one. After World War II, however, more and more American families began to experience the joy of TV. This little boy spotted a television in a shop window in 1948, and the photographer captured the awe that he experienced.