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radios
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LOOKING NORTH:- . (top ,fight
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have a. radio. The age of electronics
was being launched and available
for the average person.
Still, radio had its price but it was
a priority item for the home. It was
new, it was fascinating and fun and
more importantly it brought the
world into the home.
"The breadboards, which are the
pride of any Atwater Kent collec-
tor," creed • says, "cost about $66.
Now that Was in 1924and,:; the
worki gi man earned about ';$8" a
week. That $65 was less tubes. He
would pay another $9 ap%e for
those'
At first glance, when one Sees his
,r
all l9ok. the- same.
�.,...: ; t� every
pile.
firer inbsta ia.
IsSay
collet
Butt
He got sit;
the early .•
makes of adt+ $use of p roe
and his dire eve t a est rathos:
that were bu i< t fi t e,he sold.
off the other sets antl;•stayed with.
AtwaterKent.- "
Are there's eta out the in f
country to colleet'� Cold",
NIA "Th' o set ;'out theme ,
than you've evertdt a if,1 tititid.
one Model l94rater Kt yep
SAW
re sta.
It was 'a.1.
shelf in
Sound. 1
tubes he
dow'a
Atwater
wanted for
shelf space,-
Prod
pace,,''rod Croft
the Ad,
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Manges
lurk
am, 8E?St '
ice
i� � ,• �t. four .years in ibe
West Hidroa; helping set:. up.
production factories for Adniirall to
produce refrigerators, radios and
television sets.`
About fi0 per cent of°the
radiosets
Creed bas are in ` operating "con-
dition. The others are awaiting
parts.
s .,
'1.do t Iike'
t 0s0 -the
Ili
"I don''tt. like to
tique radios," hesays
them eYy '
!d ;
. be:r�ec
elfh y O
edit toput
range froth
wot#ldgivelelt
ear, cones.
t% es 'and ti
seb
radio
; . yott
tO
C voider
Bey!rs_:
In
1935 ;the
t
w ith malting voltmeters; fo
telephone lineme s, exppanded 'to
elclt t% a'� systems, starte
and generasto .for preWworld
automobiles and pioneered radio
receivers lathe 1920s.
Where are many pe e.: today.<whe
can, still. remember :Mater r lKent'
famous 1023 famous 11Todel` 10 radio.
it waa a eve=tube- r•eeeiwer with'
.parts .MOIMted on i flattrective wood.
board.: The demand. for this model
was tiremendous .and the neomparty
kept expanding an:d adding -ne
models.:..
10.1927 -Atwater Kent t 4 o
battery :eliminator 10:, re dace:•., the
replace. -
unsightly R batteries, *Milt many
will recall: But it was not untit:RRCA
developed, tubes- : iii~ wrath the
filaments could operate on alter.
noting .current. ,that the true all-
household` e + Ii gc'. radio:L-reeeiwers
became;a, �reallity tat a • moderate .
Woe.'
Rernernber the . Metal • herrn•.
loudspeaker? In 'the early days
speakers for radios' dere. .fin Led
horn_ u =rn •phoncglra _ .These
werrer�rmodifiedseveral t� and' in
1928 the . Majestic . ' �Corpa►aton
4develpp d a; high ��r"-,:4ynanmie
ealter. ;that was; capable, of
repro* a rimt lower range' Of
muicat• i ietee 'end hi.19 Water` •
Kent designed a ` ithl'e ttrror el
receiver' for 1,ns r� With a 'Separate
dy s�y �. 4 :'.
y���yyy�he' depression ,,•.• ctpian e'd dire
r ` $5,.60
Those were the golden: years of
rs radio and well remembered. They
were the days ;of Amos and Andy,
Joe Penter, :dlgar Bergen ..and
Charlie McCar'tby, the Major Bowes.
Amateur Hour, among Many, many
s
others Fred' geed renmembers
' • "The 'American entertamnn'ent
do eeted. CaOada in those da ys4"
he ys. ��Ca an radio was a tine-
: m rieoperatiift very few Coadman
names atick with yoe not:like the
'At enci s. We did have a ;few::in
Cana b 't they were just a her.
.dicta
Today 'though, I' Creed says
tanaahaaparssed tbie:United States
ib qua ty adio .programming ,
"t e e who,li em the )order towns
in the SCJ., down as tar as Pittsburg
listen to Canaddan Stations,"t:be
r-sa3e.41 a Clavery pular,"
]tn• his 'ret ears Creed h
adder- another ;•interes
irmeut t. le hes as
complete . Unit, , radio .
,,P _ s
; et -up : -and
belongs to : the, �tchener4Vaterleo•
•
4:
C4..r
1teur Basco S 1s' b•
9fts•od:for:re'rya
•>�> ,„ theriagof the
amt heymoay r mx`ng:�. ver , every
edliie
•
%..:bas.>recented post cards .fr"om
•aro nd the world— from•Russi , • the
Ivor►-Coastt, Mexico, Latvia among
otlreil- 1
"i have post oardsfrom just about
ever'rplace except Chinas ,- e.s-ays.
"There must be than” 300 cards
that I hate- 1'eiv0 frp e ..'people 1
have talked *hi; ,there !io "
Free Creed reinernbers when the
radio" wasrtnt in the llime.IIranoteali -l?! t n '; and he
says tine h eljaa c hanged.
"We, ar gutting spbmled i we
Are'get 'bfpersoinal," be says.
iblerreo =ao Italie die for
` ung t9 s, Now, 1t'a` da►a bo ter
me. •arid}ttake acourse in school
or so iething,' yes, it's really
changed."
spite of the changes Y> toda ,Fred
•' optimistic creed is optimistic and cheerful.
:Af fiat'` atl he sa., s coil
y y , ectoi�' of -old
radiosetshave to be•+choerful
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