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Thursday, December 15, 2022

part 6 Dad's Magnificent Radio Collection with several radio phonograph players

The tour continues and the end is nowhere in sight. There are just so many.

This is the Admiral table radio phonograph from 1954. Model 5D32. I didn't bother lifting the lid as the DVD player was resting on top but it played 78s, 45s and 331/3 long playing records. You could stack your records on a spindle and they would drop one by one for continuous play. Now, that is a modern machine.

Before the boom boxes of the 80s, this cute little number would have been the ultimate in portability. You could take it anywhere along with a square carboard box full of 45s to keep the fun coming.

Here's another early model radio phonograph but my picture isn't clear enough to read either Dad's reference number or the label.

This one is the Philco radio phonograph from 1940.

It stacks.

Admiral radio phonograph from 1947

Herofon 330U from Denmark. I can't find a match for it on the internet but I'm guessing early 50s.

RCA Victor wooden table radio. Model: A25

RCA Victor 1940 Globe Trotter A20

Westinghouse Canada 1949 Continental 604

General Electric. While I couldn't find a perfect match on the internet, this is quite similar to a Philips model from 1940, including the pattern of the four knobs, so this was likely made the same year.

Philips Canada Model: 725

Stewart-Warner 1936

Westinghouse 1947

It's another radio phonograph by Crosley in 1947.

Wooden Motorola 1939 Model: 61C

Electrohome 1950s. There is another model out there from 1959 that is almost identical except for 4 push buttons on top.

Philco 1940 Model 40-145

Philco 1964

Rogers. Wooden lunchbox style. Year unknown. Was it designed for left handed people? I don't recall any others with the speaker on the right.

Northern Electric "Baby Champ" model 5000 aka "Rainbow" Painted Bakelite Art Deco radio. Made in Canada, 1940s The rainbow refers to the curving speaker shape but it was available in a variety of colors: brown, white, metallic grey, blue, and others. you get the idea.

General Electric 1950

RCA Victor 1965

Another Electrohome clock radio from the late 50s with different time set knobs from the previous home. It is so pink, it is easy to picture Zsa Zsa Gabor lazily stretching awake to this little wonder at 11 AM or the middle of the afternoon.

1955 Motorola Mid Century AM Radio 56CS with Telechron Alarm Clock.

Brown ivory Northern Electric Baby Champ, 1950

Emerson CG-268 1939/1940

Well, that is plenty for this post.

If you just came across this blog for the first time, the radio posts 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 7

https://alackofcleardirection.blogspot.com/2022/12/part-7-dads-magnificent-radio-collection.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.