RCA Radiola 18

This 7-tube set , c. 1927, is an early AC-powered set. It is similar to the Radiola Model 17. 

The cabinet is solid mahogany. This particular set has a label indicating that the cabinet was built by Jamestown Mantel Company, Jamestown, N.Y. (It was common for radio manufacturers to farm-out their cabinet fabrication.) Jamestown, N.Y., was once a prominent center of furniture manufacture. Jamestown Mantel Company was perhaps better known for the manufacture of wooden propellers for airplanes than for radio cabinets. 

 1948 Stromberg-Carlson Model 1204 AM/FM Radio

2 employees of Chicago Bell Telephone formed a partnership in 1894. The business strategy of Alfred Stromberg and Androv Carlson was simple: they wanted to manufacture a better telephone. With the expiration of the patents on Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, about thirty independent companies sought to capture a piece of the market that Bell had dominated. Stromberg and Carlson created one such company.  The Stromberg-Carlson phone became known as the "farmer's telephone," because it helped the American farmer by connecting towns and breaking down the harsh isolation of rural life.  .In 1904, Home Telephone Company, based in Rochester, NY, purchased Stromberg-Carlson and moved all operations to New York. World War I created a great demand for Stromberg-Carlson's phone equipment, so much so that all civilian business was put on hold during the war. After the war, with technology booming, the company expanded into the electronics industry. General Dynamics, a major defense supplier, became interested in the scientific abilities and electronic developments of Stromberg-Carlson. In 1955, the two companies merged, providing a wide range of products.