If you were thinking of being an early adopter and getting a television 75 years ago, it might behoove you to act fast, since Congress had just enacted a 10% excise tax.  But if you acted fast, you could get one without the tax, as reminded by this ad in the November 18, 1950, issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from the Hahn Furniture store.

This handsome Philco 17-inch set also featured a three-speed phonograph, all for $379.95.