Silvertone Radio

Object/Artifact

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The Gale Museum

Silvertone Radio, ca. 1940: Antique wooden radio
Silvertone Radio, ca. 1940

Antique wooden radio

Name/Title

Silvertone Radio

Entry/Object ID

2021.14.1

Description

Antique Silvertone Foreign radio. The body is wood. The front has a speaker on one side and a brass display readout on the other. There are five preset buttons, one labeled KSL. There are four turn knobs below the brass display.

Category

Household

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Silvertone

Date made

1940 - 1941

Edition

Model 1561, manufactured in 1940 and 1941 and distributed by Sears Roebuck & Co.

Notes

According to Radio Museum, this radio cost $17.95 when it was first produced.