10-17-2010, 07:47 PM
Speaking of childhood radios, my Grampa and Grandma
had a radio in their kitchen and eventually
their livingroom for decades that I remember well.
It's in this picture of myself at aboput 1 yr. old
in Grandma's kitchen sink getting a bath.
(...and yes, it's a hot-chassis AA5 type set!)
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/...e-sink.jpg]
Once I started collecting, that old radio came to
mind and I found it was a 1947 Emerson model 535.
Consequently, I found a very "minty" 535, complete
and with cardboard back intact at a swapmeet and
scooped it up and recaped/restored it. Two years
older than me in this picture.
"Grandma's radio" is the prize of my collection now. Memories . . . .
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/535.jpg]
Someone will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. ;-)
Chuck
had a radio in their kitchen and eventually
their livingroom for decades that I remember well.
It's in this picture of myself at aboput 1 yr. old
in Grandma's kitchen sink getting a bath.
(...and yes, it's a hot-chassis AA5 type set!)
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/...e-sink.jpg]
Once I started collecting, that old radio came to
mind and I found it was a 1947 Emerson model 535.
Consequently, I found a very "minty" 535, complete
and with cardboard back intact at a swapmeet and
scooped it up and recaped/restored it. Two years
older than me in this picture.
"Grandma's radio" is the prize of my collection now. Memories . . . .
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/535.jpg]
Someone will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. ;-)
Chuck
Chuck Schwark,
The Philco Repair Bench
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/philog3tiny.gif]
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