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Monday, December 19, 2022

Part 7 Dad's Magnificent Radio Collection

Still more preserved and restored radios.

Crosley 1940 with a missing center knob. Very similar design to the Emerson in the previous post . Same year.

Admiral, 1946

Philco Transitone 1950

I could not find another radio picture of any brand that featured a airplane tuner dial like this cool jet age General Electric but the design is very 1950s.

Update!!!! There it is in the Eaton's (Toronto) Fall/Winter Catalogue 1956-57, p. 414. General Electric, Model 418 (number 9 footnote). I still couldn't find another image when I googled the model number but the Radio Museum website has the technical details.

A white AM/FM Zenith from 1959.

Stromberg-Carlson 1946

Emerson 1949

Stewart Warner 1948

Deforest

PYE

Westinghouse

Admiral bakelite Model: 7T10 Ch= 5K1 [Octal only] 1947/1948

No idea. I will find out.

Philco Transitone 1942

Hallicrafters Continental 1952

Philips 1952

National SW-54 Communications Receiver (1955)

From Antique Radio Org:

The SW-54 is a five-tube AC/DC type receiver, covering the frequencies .54-30 Mhz in four bands. It offers CW as well as AM mode (although no BFO). Audio is supplied through either the built-in speaker or headphones. The controls are simple and clearly marked, appropriate for this type of radio. The first two photos show the SW-54 in its metal, hammertone-painted cabinet.

The SW-54 cabinet is all metal and consists of three pieces, the main cabinet, a removable back, and removable bottom. The removable bottom allows you to do most service operations without removing the chassis from the main cabinet.

Wang Chung on a personal stereo player from the early 80s.

Groovy portable transistor with a leatherette protection case to wear on your belt. The walkman was a major upgrade.

Rogers 1946

Silvertone Radio. Look at all the wooden push buttons. I haven't found the year for this one although similar models of this brand are listed as made in 1939.

Wooden Arvin

Rogers Majestic

Crosley radio phonograph 1947

Marconi 1952 Model 294

I don´t know the year but this is a particularly special portable transistor radio. It comes in its own leather caseIt might have just stickers someone picked up at a promotion but I like to think Pete worked for CFBC and this was radio station equipment. We had three AM radio stations in Saint John back in the day: CBC, CHSJ and CFBC 930 on your dial. CFBC is the only one still on the air. Sadly, it has become a country station. When I turn on an old radio like this one, I want to hear something like Mungo Jerry.

It even has its own special leather pounch for an earphone.

Portable single earphones pre-date stereo headphones. Headphones didn't arrive until the walkman.

There is the original station on the west side, en route to Irving Nature Park. I remember the more recent downtown location. Nothing is broadcast from here for at least 50 years or more but it is still standing.

AM/FM with a pull-up antennae, rather like a walkie talkie. Very 70s.

This one is still a mystery. I guess I started out with the most clear pictures. Radios with similar looks came out in 1948. This one has the distinctive feature of the radio needle pivoting from the left.

Admiral

Westinghouse

General Electric Tombstone 1931 with a lovely embroidered grill cloth and beveled posts on the edges. GE Junior (M) S-22 tombstone. Yeah this is a duplicate from part 5 but I will leave it here all the same. It's that nice.

Cathedral Atwater Kent

Rogers Majestic TEN-60 1935

There is not much further to go. I just realized I was reposting a lot of pictures and have had to sift through the other posts and double check. That's what you get for not being organized the first time up.

This series will conclude in the next post.

It all began here

Part 1

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/11/dads-magnificent-radio-collection-work.html

Part 2

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/11/dads-magnificent-radio-collection-work_14.html

Part 4

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/12/dads-magnificent-radio-collection-work.html

Part 5

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/12/dads-magnificent-radio-collection-work_11.html

Part 6

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/12/dads-magnificent-radio-collection-part.html

Part 8

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/12/part-8-dads-magnificent-radio.html

Monday, November 14, 2022

Part 2 Dad's Magnificent Radio Collection (a work in progress)

This is the elegant Deforest Crosley Grandfather Clock Radio from 1931. I believe all grandfather clocks chime when they are wound but it wouldn't turn on the radio at a preset time like modern clock radios. The cabinet beneath the clock face pulls down to reveal the radio controls. Click here to see details of the insides.

Clearly this collection is too large for a single blog post so I am breaking it down into manageable sections by cutting and pasting. Pictures will gradually disappear from the original post.

The video below features a gallery of Dad's radios with a gripping radio thriller from 1938: The Shadow in The Phantom Voice.

Imagine the family gathering around this Zenith Tombstone radio from 1936 to hear the thrilling adventures of The Shadow.

Or this Rogers Console wood lowboy. The year of manufacture is a mystery but these floor models were popular in the 1930s.

This Atwater Kent Cathedral radio from 1933 had police bands. Look at the lower center knob. It went from Police to Tone. Wealthy gangsters like Al Capone could listen in at their hide-outs to find out if the cops were on their trail.

Rogers Majestic kitchen radio from 1950, broadcasting Joe Friday's adventures.

Another Northern Electric Baby Champ. The year is unknown but the style says late 50s or early 60s.

Rogers Majestic 1949

Here's a nice wooden RCA model from 1949

I asked Dad if the house was on fire, Mom was already safe and he had just enough time to rescue one radio, which would he save, he chose the matching pair of Crossley radios from 1950 below. They really do belong together.

I was a bit surprised he didn't choose something more ancient like this one but then I realized the companion radios would be a lot more portable for a race with time than this steel Atwater Kent table radio with steel external speaker from 1929. It is at least a 2 man lift and might even survive a fire.

Smart choice, Dad.

Sonora. 1946

Philco tombstone

Yes. it's a radio. Three guesses on where the antenna is.

Zenith portable with a flexible handle and a round dial.

Another Sparton from 1949.

Hmmm. 1950s? Remove the center piece for long playing 33 1/3 albums.

Sparton. Year unknown. Sometime in the 50s.

Philco Tombstone from 1937.

Cylinder records! Pre-dating flat ones.

CD single from an early 90s Moosehead beer promotion. Molson had indie grunge rock bands but the New Brunswick brewery chose to go for "maritime" music.