{"id":869,"date":"2012-12-01T00:37:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T00:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=869"},"modified":"2012-12-01T00:37:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T00:37:22","slug":"a-promise-is-a-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"A Promise Is A Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a030 min walk<\/p>\n<p>I promised you an update on my Christmas present radios today and having had a bit of time to spend online doing some research, I am ready to report.<\/p>\n<p>The Philco. \u00a0This is a cute Bakelite table top radio. \u00a0Circa 1948 and retailed for $19.95. \u00a0It is in excellent condition. \u00a0There are no cracks in the case and the chassis is all intact. \u00a0It is missing the back cover but seeing as originally that was just a piece of cardboard, no big deal. \u00a0Great find!<a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-870\" title=\"1948 Philco Bakelite\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-003-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Polydyne: \u00a0This is a relatively rare radio from what I can determine! \u00a0Excellent!!! \u00a0It is a coffin style TRF radio circa 1921. Here is what I found out:<\/p>\n<p>The company was originally the Freed-Eismann Co. \u00a0A Mr. &#8220;Charlie&#8221; Freshman purchased the company and was selling the radios under the Freshman label but seeing a way to make more money, began the Polydyne label and sold directly to department stores-going around sales men (aka: middle man) and pocketed a lot more cash. \u00a0However, his company only lasted about five years. \u00a0He had Sonora manufacture the cabinets for his Polydyne radios and they are a beautiful radio. \u00a0This radio originally retailed for $115.00. \u00a0That is a lot of money back in 1921-I would not spend that much on a radio today, for that matter!<a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-871\" title=\"1921 Polydyne TRF\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/radio-pics-002-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, there you have a thumbnail sketch of each radio. \u00a0Hope you found it as interesting as I did. \u00a0Merry Christmas to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Run: \u00a030 min walk I promised you an update on my Christmas present radios today and having had a bit of time to spend online doing some research, I am ready to report. The Philco. \u00a0This is a cute Bakelite table top radio. \u00a0Circa 1948 and retailed for $19.95. \u00a0It is in excellent condition. 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