This is it. Every radio has been posted, at least every working one. This is where the magic happens, the workshop. Several radios wait for their turn at restoration. In time, they will all be back to their original working condition.
Here's a worthy challenge. I have heard that toasters are among the most difficult household appliances to fix, so I can't imagine how much work would be involved here. But what a fun radio.
I have a soft spot myself for silly gadgets. Years ago in Toronto, I found this wacky Spongebob shower radio in the laundry room of my apartment building where tenants dropped off things they didn't want anymore.
I wonder if it still works.
This must be the modern lower priority section of the room.
I expect this one will get all the attention it needs.
I remember this one well. My brother returned home with it in the early 80s from Texas with a case of cassette tapes.
This one sat on the dining room table in the 70s. I first heard The Shadow when CFBC FM started re-broadcasting old shows one night a week. That was an early introduction to the Theater of the Mind for me.
Old radios require old tools.
With so few stations, particularly AM, broadcasting now, these wonderful early home entertainment centers can still be centrepieces. People are retrofitting them with MP3 and bluetooth ports, playing whatever they like through the original speakers.
All tech has its day but these radios will endure, designed at times when things were intended to last.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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