Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride is also known as Bakelite*. My husband bought me this radio, an Airline, which was the store brand for Montgomery Ward, their model 04WG-611 AM tube radio from 1940's. When it arrived, I thought we should turn it on and hear Glenn Miller and His Orchestra or The Fred Allen Show! We did find a local station, KSGL, that plays "The Music You Remember". The radio has that warm tube sound and the bakelite cabinet does get warm. It looks like a radio my parents had.
The radio has been restored and polished up by a gentlemen named Eric in Lake in the Hills, Illinois; it has tubes and push button tuning that has the call letters set by the owners decades ago: WOR (New York), WBZ (Boston), WTIC (Connecticut), WSPR, WDRC (Connecticut), and WMAS (Springfield, CT). All but WSPR are broadcasting today!
Here's more information about the radio from the Radio Museum; it was made in America, in that city of big shoulders, Chicago.
Just a little bit of history on our dining room buffet.
Fun listening to a radio our parents and grandparents could have listened to when they were young. They sure don't make things like this anymore in our throw away culture.
ReplyDeleteI have this same radio in the Ivory finish in near mint condition. I've had it for 20 years and It keeps on playing with great quality sound. I love the orange glow of the lighted dial and the built in big spiderweb AirWave antenna. The push buttons still work also.
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