1 / 17Vintage Radios, New Book by John Terrey, 54 Manufacturers, 79 Sets from 1920s
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- Country of Origin
- Poland
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- Author
- John Terrey
- Subject
- Vintage Radios
- Year Printed
- 2023
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New Book from John Terrey "Vintage Radios from the Pages of Radio Digest Illustrated" A compilation of articles from the 1920s periodical, Radio Digest Illustrated, featuring 79 Sets from 54 Manufacturers. Collectible radios of today as they were described in the early 1920s. The first 22 articles comprise of a full pa…Read full descriptionShow less
New Book from John Terrey "Vintage Radios from the Pages of Radio Digest Illustrated" A compilation of articles from the 1920s periodical, Radio Digest Illustrated, featuring 79 Sets from 54 Manufacturers.
Collectible radios of today as they were described in the early 1920s.
The first 22 articles comprise of a full page illustration with a textual description on the opposite page. The remaining 57 articles are in magazine format with the illustrations placed within the textual descriptions.
See photos for sample pages.
Manufacturere include: Adams Morgan Aerex Ainsworth-Gates Amrad Apex Armstrong Atwater Kent Bristol Clapp-Eastham Crosley Cutting & Washington Day-Fan DeForest Deresnadyne Echophone Elmco Erla Fada Federal Flewelling Freed-Eisemann Freshman Garod Gates Grebe Howard Industrial Radio Service Jewett Jones Kennedy Kodel Marv-O-Dyne Melco Michigan Microdyne Moon Nightingale Ozarka Premier Electric RCA Reinartz Sleeper Stewart-Warner Stromberg-Carlson Telmaco Thompson Thorola Trans-Continental Tresco Tuska W.E. Supply Western Coil Westinghouse Zenith
Comments about Vintage Radios:
“Vintage Radios contains a wealth of information on the 1920s battery sets. What I enjoyed the most was comparing the hook up, antenna requirements, tuning and battery management descriptions of the 79 1920s radios covered in the book.”
“Don’t miss out on the ultimate resource for vintage radio collectors. A must-have for every radio collector’s bookshelf!”
— John Jenkins, President & CEO, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention
“Vintage Radios gives new insights into old radios. Radio collector and historian John Terrey has reproduced in an improved format all of the feature articles entitled “Radio Receiving Sets” and “Operating & Trouble Shooting” from the pages of Radio Digest Illustrated. This liberally illustrated book will be a great addition to the library of any radio collector.”
— Eric Wenaas, radio historian and book reviewer for the AWA Journal and the IEEE…
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