Sixty years ago, the March 1959 issue of Electronics Illustrated showed how to change your own picture tube, including diagrams for common configurations of both horizontal and vertical chases. The article explained how to short out the capacitors in the power supply, lest the handyman get zapped by high voltage from a set that wasn’t even plugged in. And it also explained how to avoid shards of glass flying everywhere if the tube imploded.

But it was the magazine’s cover that offered the reminder that to do this sort of job, you really ought to put on a sport coat. And while it’s not visible in the photo, it seems likely that this home repair man is wearing a tie.