Collector's Guide to Owens Pottery

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Hahn, Frank L.

Antiques & Collectibles

Sonoran Pub

This is the 2nd volume of a 3 volume set that covers the first decade of radio in the home. It features the start-up stories of almost 150 radio manufacturers in the U.S. and gives detailed data on the products they produced. It includes rare photos of the factories and hundreds of photos and magazine ads of their radios. Arranged alphabetically by manufacturer. Volume 2 covers Freed-Eisemann through Priess.

Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's: Vol. 2

Alan, Douglas

Business & Money

This book revisits the era of the simple crystal radio set when a "cat's whisker", piece of galena and a coil of wire were all that was needed to tune in a radio signal. It contains hundreds of photos and magazine ads identifying thousands of crystal radios and detectors made in the U.S. from 1920 to 1950. It gives company histories of three of the most influential manufacturers: Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, RCA and Philmore Manufacturing.

Crystal Clear: Vintage American Crystal Sets, Crystal Detectors, and Crystals

Sievers, Maurice L.

This is the first volume of a 3 volume set that covers the first decade of home radio in the U.S. It features the start-up stories of almost 150 radio manufacturers and gives detailed information on the products they produced. It also includes rare photos of the factories and hundreds of photos and magazine ads of their radios. Arranged alphabetically by manufacturer. Volume 1 covers A-C Dayton through J.B. Ferguson.

Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's: A-C Day Dayton to J. B. Ferguson: 001

Douglas, Alan

This book revisits the era of simple crystal radio sets, when a "cat's whisker", piece of galena and a coil of wire were all that was needed to tune in a radio signal. It contains hundreds of photos and magazine ads identifying thousands of crystal radios and detectors made in the U.S. from 1920 to 1950. Presents company histories of four of the most influential manufacturers - Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, Radio Corporation of America, Philmore Manufacturing and Western Manufacturing Company.

Crystal Clear: Vintage American Crystal Sets, Crystal Detectors, and Crystals: Volume 2

Maurice L. Sievers

This is the 3rd in a 3 volume set detailing U.S. radio manufacturers of the 1920s. Manufacturers are in alphabetical order, ranging from R to Z in this volume. Over 150 manufacturers are covered in all, with photos of the factories and the radio sets they produced. A must for collectors.

Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 3

Industries

The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide. A comprehensive working directory of 20,000 vintage radio broadcast receivers and a price guide to their current market value.

The Radio Collector's Directory and Price Guide, 1921 - 1965

GRINDER, Robert E.

The Compleat Talking Machine: A Collector's Guide to Antique Phonographs, Third Edition

Eric L. Reiss

This book captures the excitement and intrigue of radio's first decade through a pictorial presentation of the radio tubes of the era. With over 400 photos and illustrations of early tubes, it also features the colorful packaging and sometimes unusual construction features employed by tube makers to market their tubes to the public.

Radio Tubes and Boxes of the 1920's

Science & Math

Fathauer, George A.

Technology

Provides an overview of pre-1970 (vacuum tube) test equipment. Tube testers from 23 manufacturers are tabulated and pictured. Also covers VOMs, VTVMS, Q Meters, Grid Dip Meters, Signal Generators, Signal Tracers and Oscilloscopes. Brief company histories of the manufacturers are also presented. Over 300 photos and illustrations.

Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Test Gear

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