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Radio Gallery 2

Crosely Type 2 (1924) Crosley Radio Corp. - Cincinnati, OH

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Sold by Sears

 Sold by Sears as the Precision Type 2, this was a TRF radio with regeneration.

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A Crosley 50 In A Small Cabinet

It sure is tight in there, this is 2nd smallest mass market 20's battery tube radio I've ever seen, only the Crosley Pup being smaller. Inside is the usual Crosley book capacitor, tickler coil, grid-leak and grid-leak mica capacitor and WD-12 tube.

RCA Radiola ER-753A (1922) RCA Victor INC, New YOrk

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RCA Brands All Its Receivers "Radiola"

Originally RCA called this radio the ER-753A. In late summer of 1922 RCA changed its name to the "Radiola I". They had decided to brand all their radios as Radiola. Examples of this model in excellent condition  are rare.

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No Ink Fill

Early models of this crystal radio had red and white ink fill in the control panel. The Radiola I pictured here has no ink fill in the lettering of the control panel, which means it was produced in July, 1922 during the second run of manufacturing.

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Rear Compartment

Headphones, which came with the Radiola I, could be stored in this rear compartment along with an antenna and ground wire.

Colin B. Kennedy Type 220 (1921) - San Francisco/St. Louis

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TRF Receiver

The Type 220 has a range of 175 to 3100 meters.

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Later Version

This is a  later version, identified as such by the two cities names on the front panel and the bakelite caps  on the binding posts. Earlier versions had San Francisco only on the front bakelite panel and the caps were nickel plated steel.

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Tube Lineup

The Type  220 uses a  00 type , one amp detector tube. Kennedy  products are considered one of the "top of  the line" brands of its era.

COLIN B. KENNEDY TYPE 525 (1921) ST. LOUIS / SAN FRANCISCO

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Two Stage Amplifier

The Type 525 used two 00 type one amp tubes with a pair of transformers for audio amplification. 

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Early Model

The Type 525 pictured here is an early edition, identified by having only the city of San Francisco on its face plate and having steel thumb nuts topping off its binding posts.

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Shelf Mates

The Type 525 amplifier could be paired with the Type 220 receiver as shown  (left) or the Type 110 receiver to drive a speaker horn.

Crosley type 52 (1924) crosley Radio Corp. , Ohio

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TRF

The Crosley was a TRF (tuned radio frequency) radio , Crosley radios are considered good performers for a low cost radio.

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The Type 52 was basically a Type 51  with a second stage of audio amplification.

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Tube Line-up

Three tubes, one detector and two amplifier tubes are used in this radio , all are 01A  tubes. 

Neutrowound Super Six (1926) neutrowound Radio MFG. Co.

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The "Armoured Breadboard"

Because of its unique steel housing the Super Six is often referred to as  "The Armoured Breadboard" among collectors.  Sadly, the company only lasted about five years.

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On  the right side is a ground connection  with four antenna connections for different length antenna's.

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Six 01A Tube Line-up

With three RF tubes and three stage audio output the Super Six is a very good performer in skilled hands.

Splendid SR. (1922) , Main Radiophone Co, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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A Rare Bird

TRF  radio without regeneration.

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Short Life For The Company

Not much information about the company is available, looks like they may have only been around four or five years. I need to do more research on this new addition to the gallery.

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Tube Line-up

Designed for a UV-200 tube, it works well with a UV-201A rainbow tube and looks good too.

DuoDyne No.815 1924 Globe Electric Co, Milwaukee Wisconsin

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Very Rare Radio

Globe Electric manufactured radios for only three years, 1922-1925.

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TRF Without Regeneration

5 tube line up - 01A's all !

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Unusual Circuitry

The rheostats seem to have a fine adjustment in the center of the knobs, this just came in and more research is needed on this model. If you know where a schematic of this radio might be acquired, please contact the museum.

Sodion Dr6 + two D-11-1 amplifiers (1923)

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Built by Connecticut Telephone & Electrical Co.

 The company made radios and parts for six years from 1918-1923.

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DR6 Tuner

On the right side is the DR6 TRF tuner  without regeneration with a Cunningham UV-299  vacuum tube, the tuner was designed to use a Sodion S13 tube.

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Twin Amps

On the left, two  D-11-1 single tube amplifiers also using type 99 tubes.  Its likely that there's relatively few of these combo units around today.

Model VI (1922) Crosley RAdio Corp.

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Slightly Different

This Crosley uses two of the "book" condensers they were famous for in their early years,  it also did not have a "tickler" pull out knob that many of their early radios used.

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Tube Line-up

The Crosley VI used two 01A tubes, one detector and one amplifier.

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No Transformer

The  Crosley VI design also eliminated the transformer, using a single tube for the amplifier. You could drive a speaker horn when listening to stronger stations.

D-5 (1923) Two Step Amplifier RAdio-Craft Company

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Radio-Craft Company, Inc.

It's not clear when Radio-Craft was founded, but advertisements for their radios have been found dating from September 1920.

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The D-5

The D-5 is a two step amplifier designed to use 01A tubes.  The transformers are often replace by collectors since their failure in early 20s radios is a common problem. The D-5 pictured here has the original transformers.

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Deforest Take Over

 By 1921 Radio-Craft was a failing company. DeForest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Company bought Radio-Craft in 1922 in order to acquire that company's  Armstrong license so they could legally build regenerative radios.  

Ace Type 2b (1923) Crosley Radio Corporation

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Two Years Later

This early Crosley amplifier was manufactured just two years after the company's founding in 1921. Crosley closed in 1956

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Two Stage Amplifier

This two stage amplifier was designed to be used with Crosely's Ace V receiver, but could be paired up with many receivers of its day.

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