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Just think... 50 years from now, people will be hanging tiny reproductions
of iPods and cell phones on their Christmas trees in nostalgic reminiscence
of "the good old days".

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Do you have pictures of that other stuff.

Here ya go. Some of the little things match (or almost match) radios in my
collection.

The first picture is my Zenith R-514W clock radio with a planter that looks
pretty close.

The second photo shows my Farnsworth GT-051 with a handmade ceramic replica
bank. A few years ago, I was contacted by radio station WFPL (89.3 FM in
Louisville) with a request to use a radio to create ceramic replicas to give
as premiums celebrating their 50th anniversary. I loaned them the Farnsworth
to use as a model, and got one of the replicas in return. They made only 200
of those premium banks. Mine is number 127.

The third photo shows my Emerson 511 with a plastic giveaway bank modeled
after a similar Emerson set. I found the bank on eBay about 10 years after I
restored the radio.

The last photo shows assorted other mini radio and TV replicas. The Emerson
TV with a clown in the screen is another giveaway bank. The Westinghouse TV
with a baby in the screen is a pencil box, presumably another dealer item
either to give away or display on the counter. The metal "TV Bank" at far
right is another common giveaway item; the dealer's name would be printed on
the back.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

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Hi,
My figurine doesn't do anything, and is too heavy to hang on a
tree. Solid plaster, I imagine.

Alan

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OH WOW!
Here I go getting jealous again.

DON

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
...
Do you have pictures of that other stuff.

Here ya go. Some of the little things match (or almost match) radios in my
collection.

The first picture is my Zenith R-514W clock radio with a planter that
looks pretty close.

The second photo shows my Farnsworth GT-051 with a handmade ceramic
replica bank. A few years ago, I was contacted by radio station WFPL (89.3
FM in Louisville) with a request to use a radio to create ceramic replicas
to give as premiums celebrating their 50th anniversary. I loaned them the
Farnsworth to use as a model, and got one of the replicas in return. They
made only 200 of those premium banks. Mine is number 127.

The third photo shows my Emerson 511 with a plastic giveaway bank modeled
after a similar Emerson set. I found the bank on eBay about 10 years after
I restored the radio.

The last photo shows assorted other mini radio and TV replicas. The
Emerson TV with a clown in the screen is another giveaway bank. The
Westinghouse TV with a baby in the screen is a pencil box, presumably
another dealer item either to give away or display on the counter. The
metal "TV Bank" at far right is another common giveaway item; the dealer's
name would be printed on the back.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

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"Alan Douglas" adouglasatgis.net wrote in message
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The ornament is kind of cool, in a cheesy way

That's what I thought when my sister returned from Scotland with
this piece. Cheesy, but look at the detail on the back: a battery
labelled Eveready, and "aerial" and "earth" inscribed on the back
cover where virtually no one would bother looking.

Alan

No inscription on the ones in my possession either.

None the less, they are a fascinating bit of technological magic!
The stations tune like on a regular radio, there is even "splatter"
when slightly off frequency, and the "static" on blank portions of
the dial is pretty realistic. It certainly acts like a real radio would!

Pete

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"Uncle Peter" wrote

None the less, they are a fascinating bit of technological magic!
The stations tune like on a regular radio, there is even "splatter"
when slightly off frequency, and the "static" on blank portions of
the dial is pretty realistic. It certainly acts like a real radio would!


Is this one with "WCOW- where we put the COW back in cowboy" which someone
failed to correct to the simpler and accurate KOW?

John H.