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Prewar Bakelite Radios
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Airline 62-455 |
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I love the bulbous look of this radio. It was a part
of the "big score", and is probably the best radio in that group.
I'll be writing more about that later! |
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Belmont 6D-111, 1939/1946 |
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This radio had a hole drilled in the front, as well as a chunk missing out
of the back/bottom. The radio was repaired and repainted, and now looks wonderful!
These are expensive radios, so I was happy to get a $20 junker and turn it
into this. Read about the restoration. |
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Emerson BF-207 |
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This is an interesting trapezoidal shape radio which has a three-part
case. The front and back pieces slide into a middle section. There were
various styles of this radio - some with 2 knobs, some with white plaskon and brown/black
bakelite cases, etc. It's a very nice looking radio. |
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Philco PT-47, 1939 |
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This Philco came to me in terrible shape. It has since been repainted
and looks great. Read about the restoration. |
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Truetone Stratoscope |
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This is a nice looking, fairly common brown bakelite radio with machine-age influences.
It may actually be postwar. I like the pushbuttons. I found mine in a local
antique mall for a reasonable price.
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Westinghouse WR-150 |
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I bought this cute Westinghouse off e-Bay. It was simply described as "Deco
Westinghouse Radio", with no picture or any other description given. You can imagine
how happy I was when this beautiful machine-age style radio showed up at my door for
only $9.99! What a great find! |
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Zenith 6-D-615, 1942 |
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I bought this Zenith at an antique mall in Appleton, WI, during my Christmas
break in 2002. I had wanted one of these for awhile - I like the curvy grille,
and this model, with pushbuttons, seems harder to find than the model without
pushbuttons. |
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