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Philco model 87
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I have a Philco model 87 vintage 1928. One the back corner post it is stamped Philco plant #4. The rest of the stamping I cannot read. What can you knowledgeable Philco folks tell me about Plant #4. Icon_lol l
#2

Hi Moe,
There was a previous thread regarding Philco plants:
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=261

Carl
Northern Panhandle, WV
#3

The only outside of Philco furniture plants info I have comes from
the August, 1993 issue of Radio Age, Vol. 18, No. 8, Pg. 2 by Don Patterson.

Plant
15. Watsontown
16. Mengel Body Co.
17. Smith Cabinet Company
18. Wobash Cabinet Company
19. Maddox Table Company
20. H.A. Prock Lumber Company
21. Pennsylvania Furniture Co.
22. Red Lion Cabinet Company

Other Plant Numbers I have not seen.
#4

Thanks Carl: That's just the info that I needed on plant #4.


Thanks for the extra info Chuck.




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