Radios: The Golden Age

by Philip Collins

Excellent Book

119 pages, Hardcover

Published January 2, 1997

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Reviews

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to see the accompanying ads and so forth (along with the radios themselves). And the boxes with tubes and so forth were fun too. Found it intriguing that the standard (or what I thought was standard anyway) 550-1600 band was by no means universal (lots of sets, especially pre-WWII, featured 1700); and quite a number of the stock models offered police bands as well. Also was amused to note that novelty items that one would ordinarily have associated with the 1970s (or perhaps the 1960s) were available before the war: radios shaped like bottles, baseballs, etc.

Some of the models--the ones with Art Deco influence especially, and/or mirrors & glass--were simply beautiful. Indeed, breathtaking.

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

a history of radios that is also an art book, this has the best product photography i've seen. the photographer's name, Robert Patterson, should be on the cover as well as the compiler/author, he's done amazing work here .

[Tonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pics were amazing, and I like the history that was in the book, too. A must-read for anyone who likes old radios.