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Here is a custom cabinet with a Sromberg-Carlson radio inside. The chassis is a multi band receiver with
standard broadcast and shortwave bands. Note all the fancy engravings on this cabinet from top to bottom and on the front
sides too.
1938 Stromberg Carlson Skyscraper console. This very stylish set is very rare.
Radiola 10660 floor speaker with a radiola chassis put into it. Nice 1920's custom radio.
Here is a RCA from the mid 1920's. This model is known as the Hyperion. This was complete home entertainment
1920's style!
Peter Pan wood table set from the mid 1930's. Peter Pan sets are easy to id from the figirines in the grill
cloth.
Here is a novelty radio from the 1930's. This all brass radio lamp has the chassis in the base. The controls
are up front and the tubes are behind the heart shaped openings on the side. The speaker is housed under the lamp socket.
This was a idea that was tried by manufactures from the 1920's through the 1950's.
Here is one for you ham radio buffs. A 1937 Hammarlund Super Pro model 110. This is a general coverage receiver.
This one is a rack mounted unit. You could buy it with a cabinet also. The power supply is seperate and can be seen to the
right of the radio.
Here is a pair of Philco cathedrals. That name was given to this style of radio because of the cabinets
church shape design. Philco sold many of this type of radios all through the 1930's. The one on the right is a model 84 jr.
The one on the left is unknown.
1921 Grebe CR9 receiver. A H Grebe was an early radio pioneer. He started his company in 1909
and sold parts for wireless operators. He kept up with the changing technology as the 20th century progressed. After WWI he
was selling equipment to the hams and had good radios in place as the broadcast radio boom took off in the early 1920's. Grebe
used the Armstrong regenitive circuit and the trf circuit in his radios. He sold radios that would receive shortwave(first
to sell 10 meter radios), standard broadcast, longwave and the maritime bands. He sold other radio devices in the 1920's that
included wave traps and a device that would cut down regeneration interference. Even in the begining of the 1920's Grebe manufactured
all the parts that went into his radios. By the end of the 1920's Grebe closed down his factory due to the heavy competion
and poor sales of his ac sets.
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Three different crystal sets. Maker is unknown on all three.
Here is another example of a custom cabinet radio from the 1930's. The dail looks like a Philco dial from
one of the 1937 models? Actual radio chassis maker is unknown on this one.
1920's glass case hombrew. Many homebrew builders in the 1920's made sets with glass cases to show off thier
sets. This set belongs to Ron Lawrence AWA member. He just got the last Gold Airline globe 201A tube for this set. Those tubes
are a nice touch to help show off this set!
Pictured above is a wireless receiver. This appears to be a home made set. On the front of the radio are
two DeForest tubular style audion tubes. Theese tubes were made around the WWI era. DeForest audions are highly collectable.
Imagine listening to cw or early voice transmisions on this set!
1934 Zenith model 808 tombstone. In 1934 radio sales had started to pick up again. The tombstone style cabinet
radios were popular in style through the mid 1930"s. This style cabinet was popular with the manufactures because the large
speakers and chassis could be put into them. I have an 808 in my collection. It is a good performer on all the bands.
1939 Zenith 4K310 table set. In the 1930's molding technology changed as far as bakelite and other plastics.
Instead of rectangular box shapes compound curves could be put into the design of the cabinets. This gave the sets more style.
Plus the cost was lower to manufacture then wood sets. There are many stylish bakelite sets along with the other early plastics
that the manufactures sold as second radio sets.
Pictured above is a Tower ship cone speaker from the mid 1920's. Cone speakers replaced horns as radio speakers.
This is a very nice example of one. This one is 18" in diameter. Some models were up to 36" in diameter and were hung on the
wall.
1937 Philco 37-10 console. Very stylish floor console with multi band coverage. Note the dial area. Philco
offered a rotating preselected tuning system that you rotated around the dial and would stop on the stations that you selected
when this system was set up. This was offered on some consoles and table models.
1924 Bronie crystal set made in England. The set is made of bakelite. Notice the tuning coil is on the side
of the set as a seperate section. Most crystal sets had the coil wound around the circular section.
1947 Scott 600b console. Scott still made fancy radios after WWII. The dials were changed to a verticle
design. The chrome chassis was still used. Custom cabinets still could be ordered. This one is in a Chipendale cabinet. This
is the last radio Scott was personaly involved with its design. He lost control of the company and left.
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Very nice crystal set.
1932 Scott custom radio cabinet. Notice all the fancy scroll work and engraving in this cabinet. There is
a clock housed in the bottom of this cabinet also.
1936 General Electric E126 console. 1936 General Electric was manufacturig it's own radios again. From 1933-1935
GE had it's sets made by RCA due to the court rulings on the radio patents pool held by RCA,GE and Westinghouse. This
set receives from 535kcs-70,000kcs. This radio has one unusual feature not found on am radios and home receivers. AFC (automatic
frequancy control) was employed on this set. AFC would be used on many ameteur receivers and fm radios in the comming
years. This set was quite the performer. This design was so good that RCA used it in many of its own ameteur sets in the mid
to late 1930s. I have one now in my collection and the restoration is under way.
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Atwater Kent model 20 trf table set. This is the big box version. Atwater Kent was one of the largest makers
of radios in the 1920's.
Something a little different as for an Atwater Kent radio! Instead of the green,black,or brown finish on
the metal cabinets a jazzy designed pait job was given to theese dealer promotion radios. Quite a standout over the regular
painted radios.
Here is a 1938 Scott model Super XII in a Northernair cabinet. The chassis is pictured below.
1925 Ozarka Senior console model S1. This Ozarka console housed a 5 tube three dial trf set. The left side
compartment housed the batteries or battery elimanaters. The right sidecompartment shown is the built in speaker. This speaker
was made by the Miller company and the horn was made out of hard rubber. Rubber was inexpensive and could be molded to many
shapes. Ozarka was a well known popular brand that built good quallity radios through 1932. Ozarka was one of the first manufacture
where all salesman, and service personal were factory trained.
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