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Station Tabs - Color and Material
Nathan Slingerland
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06-09-2015, 11:55 PM
What color were the station call letter tabs on radios like the 37-116?

What material were they made out of? Paper? Plastic? Mine is missing them entirely.

All of the current photos I've seen show beige colored tabs:

   

Contemporary ads seems to show white tabs:

   

Were they originally white and have yellowed? Or were the ad makers taking liberties with the appearance as they so often seem to do?
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Station Tabs - Color and Material - by Nathan Slingerland - 06-09-2015, 11:55 PM
RE: Station Tabs - Color and Material - by sam - 06-10-2015, 01:13 PM
RE: Station Tabs - Color and Material - by AI2V - 07-16-2015, 11:41 AM



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