If you're fascinated by old transistor radios, I have a website recommendation just for you!
Sarah's Transistor Radios, a site created by Sarah Lowrey and her husband Dave, will provide you with hours of delightful reading/ogling.
In addition to over 1000 photos from her own personal collection, Lowrey offers a recommended reading list, links to other sites about transistor radios, step-by-step instructions for restoring a transistor radio and a Feature Articles section containing interviews with people who worked in the transistor radio industry and in-depth photos of several radio models.
Here are some of my favorite radios from her site that take me right back to my teenage years. I can almost hear Paul Anka singing
Put Your Head On My Shoulder.
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| Silvertone 9203A |
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| Delmonico |
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| Arvin 61R29 |
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| Bulova 720 Comet |
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| Magnavox AM-23 |
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| Crown TR-99 |
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| Bulova 670 |
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| Alpha 6 Transistor |
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| Petite 6 Transistor |
oi! i looooove transistors! totally need to start a collection. sometimes, when i turn on Pandora on my phone i feel like its a transistor, haha!
ReplyDeleteYay. I love radios as you know. I was seriously contemplating bidding on a Bulova Comet in white, black, and gold but thankfully, willpower won. Sometimes it does. ( :
ReplyDelete@Bandita: I can just see you bopping along everywhere you go with your phone to your ear like I kept my transistor radio when I was a kid! :)
ReplyDelete@I dream lo-tech: I applaud your willpower. The Comets are so cool! I don't know how you resisted.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute. What great collectible decor items. I love the 2 pink ones and baby blue.
ReplyDelete@Rhan: Aren't the colored ones adorable? The one at the top is very much like what I had when I was a kid. And look at the Bulova that's third up from the bottom. Is that a rhinestone I see? How glamorous! I would have swooned over that one as a teenager.
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