Marvin Middlemark

Who was Marvin Middlemark?

Marvin P. Middlemark invented the Rabbit Ears television antenna in 1953 in Rego Park, Queens, New York.

Marvin P. Middlemark revolutionized how television was watched in the United States, as his Rabbit Ears increased the television signal reception made available to the mass market; this move is considered by many as the single most important reason for the television boom of the late 1950s – 1960s.