Ok, onward with the radio tour.
Philco Transitone 1948 The closest match I have found so far on the internet is Model 48-200-1 on the Philco Phorum. It has the same grille and dial needle in white and red. The biggest difference is in the design of the face numbers. The other one has a complete left to right curve from the top like a frown.
Thomas Collector's Edition 1984. I determined the year through a picture on an Australian radio newsletter. This high-class bullet style radio is a "modern" radio with a sweet retro look. Look closely and you will see it has FM radio with the CCIR band from 88 to 108 MHz which began in 1946. That's a safe tip off of a reproduction if you see something with a 1930s look.
This Automatic radio from 1941 is the real deal.
Dad has this next radio listed as a Graetz made in Germany but doesn't know the year. I couldn't find anything exactly like it on the net but the closest thing, color aside, is this Rogers Majestic. Those dots on the base of the front once held plastic brand name letters in place. In the Rogers Majestic, The R is missing. Dad's is missing the whole name. The year for either of these radios is still unknown. The Radio Museum web page is guessing at 1957 but they aren't committed to that.
Deforest. 1947
Arvin table radio 1947
Some radios just stand out more than others. This Philco Transitone from 1949 has such a slick design with the rocket fin. Rock 'n roll hadn't arrived yet but this little radio was ready.
Marconi 1964
RCA Victor 1967
General Electric 1950
Oh my goodness. Westinghouse 1938
Zenith 1948 The speaker could almost be the mouthpiece to an old land line phone.
Oooooo. Here's a pretty Zenith table radio from 1953.
Emerson 1946
Phonola 1938
Philco 1946
Golden Age Art Deco 1953 General Electric Model 515F AM Brown Bakelite Tube Clock Radio
Blue Face Someone out there has converted this old model to be bluetooth and mp3 compatible. Sweet.
This RCA Victor from 1948 kind of looks like it might have a cd player but of course it doesn't.
The Graetz, Altena Baroness 810, 1959/1960
This Philco from 1946 has a handle built right into the case.
Philco 1933. Wow. Who could have afforded this heavy duty radio in 1933?
Westinghouse 1940
RCA Victor 1954
Marconi 1951
Finally we have this Juliette AM FM Radio, model FR-1257 from the 1970s. Someone sold one on Etsy but they couldn't be more specific about the year. It definitely has that 70s look.
That is plenty of old radios for one post. See more of Dad's radios
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