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Majestic Radio and Television Corporation

‘Mighty Monarch of the Air’ Table Radio

1940-1950

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Majestic Radio and Television Corporation

‘Mighty Monarch of the Air’ Table Radio

1940-1950

Physical Qualities Plastic, Radio: 6 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (16.5 x 28.9 x 19.4 cm) Electrical cord: 6 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 in. (17.1 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Brenda Richardson, Baltimore
Object Number 1992.297
Model 5A410
Ray M. Fisher, 'Sun to Set on Faded Glory of Majestic Radio Empire,' Chicago Daily News, June 6, 1949. Philip Collins, Radios: The Golden Age, San Fransicso: Chronicle Books, 1987, pp. 95, 114. (for what appears to be a very similar but probably later model) John Sideli, Classic Plastic Radios of the 1930s and 1940s: A Collector's Guide to Catalin Models, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1990. David & Betty Johnson, Guide to Old Radios: Pointers, Pictures and Prices, Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1989, pp. 170-171.

Inscribed: On front station display, (in white) 'Majestic'; back, center, (stamped in white) '(eagle)'/Majestic/OUTSIDE ANTENNA MIGHTY MONARCH OF THE AIR/FOR BETTER RECEPTION THIS RADIO IS EQUIPPED WITH A BUILT-/IN DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA*FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE/TURN CABINET IN THE DIRECTION WHICH RESULTS IN CLEAREST/SIGNAL*FOR D.C. OPERATION REVERSE LINE CORD PLUG IN/SOCKET IF SET DOES NOT OPERATE AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AND/A HALF WARM UP PERIOD./TO REMOVE/TUBES, REMOVE/4 SCREWS CIRCLED'; 'UL' yellow sticker at LC, 'LISTED UNDER/REEXAMINATION SERVICE/UL/OF/UNDERWRITERS' LABORATORIES, INC.' BC, (metal tag screwed in), 'Majestic/RADIO/D 473499/MADE IN U.S.A.'; (yellowed label with black printing), underneath, '(MA)JESTIC RADIO & TELEVISION CORP./(E)LGIN, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/(MO)DEL 5A410 CHASSIS 4501/INPUT 105-120 V.-A.C. or D.C. 37 W(AT)TS/(diagram)/THIS APPARATUS USES INVENTIONS OF/UNITED STATES PATEN(TS) LICENSED BY/RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/PATENT NUMBERS SU(PPLIE)D UPON REQUEST./THIS APPARATUS LICENSED UNDER/UNITED STATES PATENT RIGHTS OF/HAZELTINE CORPORATION. PATENT/NUMBERS SUPPLIED UPON REQ(UEST)/(11)9-89'

Manufacturer

Majestic Radio and Television Corporation

1927-c. 1949
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