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RCA RADIOLA MODEL 86 CONSOLE TUBE RADIO PHONOGRAPH - $300 (Glendale)
51st Avenue near Olive Ave
condition:
good
make / manufacturer:
RCA
model name / number:
86
size / dimensions:
38.5" X 27.5" X 18.25"
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Origin: Camden, NJ, USA
38.5" X 27.5" X 18.25"
Radio Corporation of America made household entertainment consoles like this in Camden, New Jersey, during the early 1930s. They were produced to combine two competing home technologies into a single piece of fine furniture for middle-class living rooms. Craftsmen built these cabinets from matched wood veneers with decorative carved accents to fit fashionable home interiors of the Great Depression era.
Families used these large floor units as the evening entertainment center of the home to listen to network broadcasts and recorded music. They gathered in the living room to hear news broadcasts, radio serials, and swing music played through the heavy internal speaker. As smaller table radios and modern electronic sound systems took over after the second World War, these large floor-standing wooden consoles became obsolete and were pushed out of everyday use.
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