Maybe it’s a hand-me-down from an elderly relative. Maybe you found it at a flea market, or it has been hidden in the attic for far too long. It could be an anonymous-looking black box with big dials ...
Before the second world war Radio was a revolution in mass-communication much like the internet today. Fortunes were made and lost, empires built, epic patent battles ensued, all of which resulted in ...
The ad for the antique radio would break many collectors’ hearts. It touted a Majestic Model 92, a floor-standing console made in Chicago in 1929, which featured still-gorgeous walnut veneer and ...
You may sometimes see the Crosley name today on cheap record players, but from what we can tell that company isn’t connected with the Crosley Radio company that was a powerhouse in the field from 1921 ...
You may have to be a certain age – or be a student of entertainment history – to get the reference, but here it goes: A 1938 radio case shaped like a bosom and supporting two flesh-colored cones is ...
When La Palma resident John Eng looks at a piece of what some call “dead technology,” he doesn’t think of something that no longer works. Instead, he envisions the devices’ heyday. A curvy Zenith ...
CHEYENNE (AP) - Rick Ammon's father, Don, introduced his son to broadcasting and collecting antique radios in the late 1940s. When Ammon was 8, his father took him to the Shirley Savoy Hotel in Denver ...
Ray Likar was instantly drawn to the 1947 short wave radio at the tag sale. When Likar found out the owner was asking only $25 for the unit, he snatched it up. "As soon as I turned it on, the Yankee ...
Listen up! If you have an old radio up in the attic or down in the basement gathering dust, dig it out and dust it off, for it might very well be worth a sizable sum. To check out the radio`s value or ...
This collection of restored historical footage invites us to step back into the everyday world of America from the 1920s through the 1950s. These decades were marked by change, resilience, and a quiet ...