American Wireless Sets of the Twenties
The Splitdorf R500
Shown here with its front doors
closed, this is a huge table model, very ornate with its Japanese
style laquerwork, dating from 1925.
Inside is a very impressive row
of knobs, predating ganging of its tuning condensers for which
a chart, having at least four columns, would have been required
in order to find any stations.
No shortage of wood in the US
Royal Radio, of Providence, Rhode
Island
The Polle Royal, dating from about 1924
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