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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 599915, member: 136"]I don't know what the cabinet looks like, but based on the "label" Aqutaine has shown "blown up" above, I would venture to say 1930's-1940's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a bit of info on the company:</p><p><i>...In 1926, Stromberg-Carlson became the first manufacturer to merge <a href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/overview" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/overview" rel="nofollow">phonograph</a> and radio technology by incorporating a phonograph jack into its radio chassis. By the end of the decade, Stromberg-Carlson sold sets with fully integrated radio and <a href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/records/turntables" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/records/turntables" rel="nofollow">turntable</a> technologies, and the company’s radio sales surpassed that of its telephones. </i></p><p><i>...The 1930s represented boom years for Stromberg-Carlson’s radio development, as it introduced new modifications like automatic volume control, improved amplifying methods, and an early push-button tuning mechanism.</i></p><p><i>.... After the company’s merger with General Dynamics in 1955, the business was restructured to focus production on telephone products, and its radios were discontinued.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>from: <a href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/stromberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/stromberg" rel="nofollow">https://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/stromberg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><u>edited to add</u>:</p><p>I see that you also have a couple of photos in the GALLERY.</p><p>The booklet shown there indicates a model 935 radio. Googling that info indicates it is a "pre-war" (WWII) radio model.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 599915, member: 136"]I don't know what the cabinet looks like, but based on the "label" Aqutaine has shown "blown up" above, I would venture to say 1930's-1940's. Here's a bit of info on the company: [I]...In 1926, Stromberg-Carlson became the first manufacturer to merge [URL='https://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/overview']phonograph[/URL] and radio technology by incorporating a phonograph jack into its radio chassis. By the end of the decade, Stromberg-Carlson sold sets with fully integrated radio and [URL='https://www.collectorsweekly.com/records/turntables']turntable[/URL] technologies, and the company’s radio sales surpassed that of its telephones. ...The 1930s represented boom years for Stromberg-Carlson’s radio development, as it introduced new modifications like automatic volume control, improved amplifying methods, and an early push-button tuning mechanism. .... After the company’s merger with General Dynamics in 1955, the business was restructured to focus production on telephone products, and its radios were discontinued.[/I] from: [URL]https://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/stromberg[/URL] [U]edited to add[/U]: I see that you also have a couple of photos in the GALLERY. The booklet shown there indicates a model 935 radio. Googling that info indicates it is a "pre-war" (WWII) radio model.[/QUOTE]
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