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29-Dec-2009
Added database entries on four models that are not represented in catalog literature, including 4-A-37, 4-A-39, S-7396-2, S-7397-5.
21-May-2009
1954 radios added from the Spring-Summer 1954 Catalog.
19-May-2009
Added 1959 radios from a 1959 tri-fold brochure.
3-Apr-2009
Added radios from the Spring-Summer 1950 catalog.
6-Feb-2009
Added a Misc section for radio-related ads.
30-Jan-2009
1953 radios from the Spring-Summer catalog added.
26-Jan-2009
1940-41 Radio Catalog Slideshow added.
22-Jan-2009
1955 radios added.
21-Jan-2009
The new site is up and running, but I am still bug-checking and adding data..
1959 Radios
The radios on this page came from a 1959 Firestone tri-fold brochure. The scans may not be perfect, due to the folds. Eight radios and clock radios were offered.
4-A-156
"An exciting modern design" in a 5-tube radio, available in gold and white, or pink and white.
4-A-158
A modernistic looking clock radio design, with "easy vue" controls. Offered in gold and white, or blue and white.
4-A-187
"Smart simplicity of design" in a 5-tube circuit. Turquoise and white or rust and white cabinet.
4-A-188
A twin speaker table radio with 5-tube circuit. Includes earphone jack for privacy, and phonograph jack. White or turquoise polystyrene cabinet.
4-A-189
A small clock radio made out of high impact polystyrene. Features a four tube circuit and permanent magnet speaker. Available in pink or white.
4-A-190
A clock radio in a "trim, modern, high-impact cabinet". Wakes you to music, lulls you to sleep. Pink and white or rust and white.
4-A-191
A deluxe twin speaker clock radio featuring rich, "Bi-Fidelity" tone. A five tube superheterodyne radio circuit, and a permanent magnet speaker. Came in white or turquoise.
4-A-198
A cute four tube tabletop radio in a polystyrene case. Available in red or white, my favorite of the 1959 lineup.