[NostalgiaRadioTime]

Our local Washington County Historical Society has converted the old county jailhouse in this town... which dates back to the Civil War... into a museum. I haven't visited in a couple of years, but in scrolling through some recent pictures they posted on their Facebook group, I was surprised to find what appears to be a 1938 Philco console on display!

   

On the minus side, it is very poorly refinished (looks like all the veneer is gone!) and has a hideous red grille cloth. Dispite the restorers slovenly ways, it's always nice to find a Philco in an unlikely place I'll have to go check it out in person sometime.

Now, to ask the experts here, what model is this? I don't recognize the cabinet in the 1938 chapter in Ron's excellent book. I even checked the 1937 chapter, as both years used the same round dial and didn't find it. Any ideas?

[Ron Ramirez]

You won't find that one in that book, but it is in the Gallery - although the picture is very poor (only thing I could find, and no one has offered a better one).

It's a mid-1937 addition to the Philco line, and came in the following flavors: 37-34F, 37-38F, 37-60F, 37-61F, 37-62F, 37-89F.

http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1937b.htm

Of those models, the one in your local museum definitely is not a 37-34F or 37-62F since these have three controls, not four as shown. And I can't really tell from the photo but it seems that the tuning is a dual control (knob within a knob), so that narrows it down to the 37-61F or 37-89F.

[NostalgiaRadioTime]

Thanks for the info., Ron. Knowing you don't have a decent picture of this particular model makes me want to go visit the museum all the more. The executive assistant for the historical society is a friend of mine, so I'm sure photographing it wouldn't be a problem. Finding the time to get there and do it during business hours might be a different story though!