June 1933

Philco for 1933 (introduced June 1933)

Overview

Philco's new 1933 line of radios includ­ed 25 all-new mod­els, along with 16 mod­els car­ried over from the pre­vi­ous sea­son, for a total of 41 dif­fer­ent mod­els to choose from.

Model Index

The fol­low­ing mod­els remained in the Philco line­up: 14LZX, 37C, 37L, 43B, 47B, 47D, 80B, 81B, 91B, 91D, 91RX.

The fol­low­ing mod­els remained in the line­up but were mod­i­fied to two-band cov­er­age: 19B, 19LZ, 19LZX, 89B, 89L.

The fol­low­ing mod­els were dis­con­tin­ued: 15X, 15DX, 22L, 23X, 24L, 25L, 26L, 27L, 36B, 36L, 36D, 43H, 43X, 47X, 48B, 48C, 48L, 52B, 52C, 52L, 53C, 71B, 71L, 71H, 71D, 71X, 71LZ, 91L, 91H, 91X and all Colo­nial Clock and Grand­fa­ther Clock models.

Click on a thumb­nail to see infor­ma­tion and pho­tos for each model:

14L	14X	16B	16L	16X	17B	17L
17XS	19B	19H	19TX	19X	43H	43X
47H	47D	47X	54C	57C	89B	89L
91L	91H	91D	91X

Models

Model 14L

A large, attrac­tive low­boy, this mod­el has a hid­den Inclined Sound­ing Board.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $85

Num­ber made: 2,200 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 16L & 17L as well as July 1933 Mod­els 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Mod­el 19L, and Jan­u­ary 1934 Mod­el 34L)

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Model 14X

A new style Inclined Sound­ing Board cab­i­net for 1933, which was also used with oth­er Philco models.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $100

Num­ber made: 2,000

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Model 16B

Philco's largest Baby Grand up to that time used 11 tubes and cov­ered AM and short­wave from 520 kc to 23 mc in five bands. Mod­el 16 even inclu­id­ed a squelch con­trol to cut back­ground nois­es while tun­ing. The squelch could be turned on and off by a tog­gle switch on the side pan­el, and the squelch thresh­old was con­trolled by a poten­tiome­ter mount­ed in back of the set.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $75

Num­ber made: 22,100

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Model 16L

A large Low­boy with the pow­er­ful Philco 16 chas­sis which, like most larg­er 1933 Philco con­soles, could pro­duce 10 watts output.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $125

Num­ber made: 2,200 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 14L & 17L as well as July 1933 Mod­els 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Mod­el 19L, and Jan­u­ary 1934 Mod­el 34L)

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Model 16X

A large "X" mod­el with the 16 chassis.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $150

Num­ber made: 2,000

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Model 17B

The Mod­el 17 had eleven tubes, like the Mod­el 16, but only cov­ered AM and the "police" band (1.5 to 4 mc). It was not a pop­u­lar set and did not sell very well in any of its ver­sions, as most peo­ple who could afford an eleven-tube set opt­ed for the Mod­el 16 instead.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $65

Num­ber made: 2,350 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of June 1933 Mod­els 43B & 91B)

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Model 17L

Anoth­er attrac­tive 1933 Low­boy model.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $100

Num­ber made: 2,200 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 14L & 16L as well as July 1933 Mod­els 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Mod­el 19L, and Jan­u­ary 1934 Mod­el 34L)

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Model 17XS

Sim­i­lar to Mod­el 16X, but slight­ly small­er in size.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: Unknown

Num­ber made: 2,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of July 1933 Mod­els 18XS & 19X)

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Model 19B

The new Mod­el 19 now had two-band recep­tion, cov­er­ing AM and the "police" band up to 3.3 mc. Mod­el 19 sets now had a four-point tone con­trol and pro­duced a great sound in a com­pact (six tube) package.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $37.50

Num­ber made: 20,750 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Jan­u­ary 1933 Mod­el 19B)

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Model 19H

Mod­el 19 could now be pur­chased as a con­sole. While pro­duc­tion of this mod­el was not real­ly high, exam­ples are not dif­fi­cult to find today.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $50

Num­ber made: 20,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 43H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Mod­el 18H)

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Model 19TX

A new chair­side for sum­mer 1933. This mod­el fea­tured a com­pact table mod­el unit cou­pled to a large sep­a­rate speak­er cab­i­net by a 25-foot cable.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $65

Num­ber made: 1,500

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Model 19X

Shar­ing a cab­i­net with the June 1933 ver­sion of the 91X, the small Mod­el 19 chas­sis is almost lost in this huge cab­i­net. It is sim­i­lar in appear­ance to the pre­vi­ous mod­el year's 15X, but slight­ly small­er in size.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $65

Num­ber made: 3,600 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­el 91X)

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Model 43H

Philco's all-wave Mod­el 43 was car­ried over from the pre­vi­ous year. It received new con­sole cab­i­nets for 1933, and this is one of them.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $79.95

Num­ber made: 20,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 19H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Mod­el 18H)

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Model 43X

The eight-tube, all-wave Mod­el 43 in an attrac­tive 1933 Inclined Sound­ing Board cabinet.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $100

Num­ber made: Unknown

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Model 47H

This is a high­boy ver­sion of the 110 volt direct cur­rent (DC) Mod­el 47.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $79.95

Num­ber made: 20,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 19H, 43H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Mod­el 18H)

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Model 47D

This is the direct cur­rent high­boy with dou­ble doors for 1933.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $89.95

Num­ber made: 5,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­el 91D as well as July 1933 Mod­els 14D, 17D & 18D)

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Model 47X

An Inclined Sound­ing Board Philco designed for use on direct cur­rent only.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $100

Num­ber made: Unknown

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Model 54C

A new cig­ar box pee-wee for 1933, this set could be oper­at­ed on either AC or DC cur­rent. 5 tubes.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $25

Num­ber made: 56,250

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Model 57C

Anoth­er "pee-wee" Philco mod­el, this one used a 4-tube cir­cuit sim­i­lar to Mod­el 80, yet laid out on a very small chassis.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $15

Num­ber made: 110,500

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Model 89B

The new 89B added "police" band cov­er­age (1.5 to 3.3 mc) and went from three knobs to four.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $30

Num­ber made: 94,390

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Model 89L

This was a pop­u­lar set in its day, slight­ly out­selling the Baby Grand ver­sion of Mod­el 89.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $37.50

Num­ber made: 94,974

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Model 91L

The sun was set­ting on Mod­el 91; it would be dis­con­tin­ued only one month lat­er. It received new con­sole cab­i­nets for mid-1933, includ­ing this lowboy.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $60

Num­ber made: Unknown

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Model 91H

The new, short-lived Mod­el 91 highboy.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $70

Num­ber made: 20,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­els 19H, 43H & 47H as well as Fall 1933 Mod­el 18H)

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Model 91D

As you can see by scrolling through this page, this style cab­i­net was used on a num­ber of dif­fer­ent Philco mod­els in 1933.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $85

Num­ber made: 5,000 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­el 47D as well as July 1933 Mod­els 14D, 17D & 18D)

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Model 91X

The last Inclined Sound­ing Board Mod­el 91 is in a cab­i­net which is very sim­i­lar in appear­ance to the pre­vi­ous season's Mod­el 15X. The 91X is slight­ly small­er than the 15X, however.

The June 1933 91X was also offered in a cab­i­net very sim­i­lar to the 19X shown above.

Orig­i­nal sell­ing price: $85

Num­ber made: 3,600 (Note: Fig­ure includes pro­duc­tion of Mod­el 19X)

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