The year was 1939. After almost a decade of development by Vladimir Zworykin (a Russian immigrant) and Philo Farnsworth (a rancher from Idaho) a small yet heavy Lucite box with a circular glass window would make its debut at the World's Fair in New York City. David Sarnoff, was its salesman. It was television, and it had officially arrived. WWII set in and television was put on the back burner