Curtis Mathes Color Televisions and Stereo Consoles, The last of the Golden Age 1967 - 1968 The Remarkable Curtis Mathes Color Television Module of 1967 ... and much more :) Curtis Mathes had a proud heritage. After all, it was founded in 1899, many years before most of its competitors were in business. Through these year CM has had many exclusive "firsts" to its credit. Gradually these achievements have been recognized and by the year 1967 its sales had grown tenfold. That is one way to say that sales were up over 1,000%. In all of these years there had been no achievement more remarkable than the Curtis Mathes Modular Construction of 1967. Many people today will ask "what is it?" It was not a printed circuit board that can be removed or a pug in transistor. In brief, the Exclusive CM Module is a total color television system. It is the entire television set, encased in rugged steel. It is inserted on nylon runners into a tremendous assortment of incredibly lovely cabinets.