Silvertone Radio

[William]

I found this interesting, mostly because of the cabinet. I had no idea Sears sold this caliber of electronics way back then.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/atq/ ... 53266.html

Bill

[Ken Doyle]

Looks like a very nice Silverone model, but the cabinet finish doesn't look correct to me. Seems too light.

[William]

It kind of looked to me like someone refinished it and the final product came out lighter.

Bill

[TC Chris]

I wonder what the 1934 version looked like new? Sometimes we are conditioned by old, darkened finishes to think of them as correct, when in fact they may be darker than original. I'll confess I had the same reaction--"too light"--but it does show off the fancy veneers.

That was a time when the engineers were flexing their muscles with sophisticated superhets, allowing people to listen to stations from al over the world. I have my grandparents' 1935 Airline console. My Dad recalled that he heard London for the first time on that radio. He would have been 17 or 18 and it was a thrill that he remembered.

Chris Campbell