Floor Radio 1940

R301 wood case 1930 s 1940 s vintage rca victor radio floor model 9k2 all original from 1937 150 00.

Floor radio 1940.

The easiest way to identify a specific radio model to know if it is antique is the model number and serial number. Philco for 1941 introduced june 1940 overview. Westinghouse rca philco watterson radio and zenith all manufactured this type of radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Zenith model 12 s 471 console radio 1940 with its sleek styling and black robot dial this large zenith 12 s 471 console typifies a great design period in radio history.

Put a high performance 12 tube chassis inside this luxurious cabinet and you have an unforgettable combination. It took a fair amount of work to realize this radio s potential. English export model of emor floor standing art deco blue globe radio. Philco s line of low priced tran si tone mod els was expand ed for 1940.

Bent plywood 1940s radio bsr phonograph in the matter of alvar aalto. This ended the need for windchargers and by the 1940s battery powered farm radios and windchargers slowly went out of. Many of the new mod els adopt ed either escutcheons or com bi na tion escutcheons grilles made with ten ite which shrinks over time and has caused many 1941 and 1942 mod els to become less than attrac tive as a result. Westinghouse rca philco watterson radio and zenith all manufactured this type of radio in the 1930s and 1940s.

Stunning early 1940s record player or radio combination. Knowing which brands manufactured radios during this period. Because of the antique wood radios and classic wood radios with the use of these special veneers with difficult curves in deco radios of the 1930s or 1940s along with retro tube included such as fada brand or ge are now truly great vintage radios collectible s. The philco trop ic line of export sets was expand ed for 1940 and now includ ed a num ber of table mod el con sole and radio phono graph sets.

A fur ther expan sion of tran si tone mod els would occur only two months lat er see the august 1940 page. The 1940s the war years played many a song for the gi family s. The cabinet itself was over 52 inches tall with wood inlays and is a grand example of true mid 30s art deco design. The easiest way to identify a specific radio model to know if it is antique is the model number and serial number.

The stratosphere consisted of a large floor standing cabinet with a concave shelf on the bottom. The 1941 philco line was some what more styl ish than their 1940 mod els.