When I was in grade school, I had fun visits and sleepovers at my Grandmother's house -- my Dad's Mom, and she lived next door to our house. Many evenings I would sit and listen to this console radio with her in the living room. No tv yet. I'm thinking my Dad got this for her sometime in the 1940s, so it is possibly is in its 70s; definitely older than me!
It is a Crosley tube radio with a Magnavox 8" speaker. Tubes are still inside. As you look at the front, the small frame above the knobs is the station indicator. Still is connected and smoothly turns both directions. I remember how cool it was to look at when darker in the house, because it even lit up! Everything made in the USA (Ohio and Indiana).
Wow, just like our Henrys!
That's my memory, and a little family history. My plans are simply to make look as new as possible again. Shouldn't be an arduous task, because I think it already looks pretty darn good for its age. It also traveled/moved with my wife and I all over the country for my various job positions: IL-->KS-->OR-->IA-->IL-->WI-->back to IL-->KS (with my daughter I'm now living with)-->now here in KCMO. These pics are the "before" pics.
After I clean all the storage dust and cobwebs off it, I'll introduce the console to Renaissance Wax. They should get along just fine. I hope the results make the wood glow! Then I'll post the "after" pics.
Sure do love wood!
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