What are some of your favorite "electronics" of the golden era?

[Mr_D.]

what do you have or would you leek to have?

Photos if possible please.

 

[dhermann1]

What

I'd just wet my pants to get one of those high end Scott 22 tube radios, or a Philco 37-690, or the like.

 

[LizzieMaine]

My Philco 37-10 --

Been in my living room for 25 years now, and is just the right size. A 116 or 690 would be too huge and intimidating for my tiny house, but this one fits perfectly.

The 1937-38 Philcos are very difficult to fix because of the way the chassis is constructed, but the results are well worth the headaches.

 

[C-dot]

A Victrola, circa 1930. I'd sit and listen to His Masters Voice for hours.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

I'd like to own a 1910's-1920's Seeburg E Nickelodeon, like the one in this video. It can be seen around 3:28.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woi5c-10HG0

 

[J. M. Stovall]

SCR-287 - B-17 Bomber Radio Station

 

[RetroToday]

Radios, my big favourite

I like my 1937 McMurdo Silver 'Masterpiece VI' radio a lot...

Although, I would absolutely die if I ever discover and am able to buy a late-1920s or 1930s era television, that'd be sweeeet!
One in a million chance of that ever happening! :eusa_doh:

Hmmm, I'd like to add more, but where do we draw the line between Electronics and Electrical in the Golden Era?

 

[Teabag1927]

My 1943 dated signal corps frequency meter, it's pretty cool and the only piece of period electronics i own haha.

 

[Gene]

SCR-287 - B-17 Bomber Radio Station

YUP!

 

[C-dot]

I notice the boys posting here seem to like the big radio jobbies... Wonder why? lol

 

[kittypackard]

hmmm .... probably ANYTHING featured in the Popular Science movie shorts ...

but my favorite? this probably doesn't fall under "electronics," but here it is nonetheless:

The Ice Box.

I just moved into a 1930s-era apartment and it still has the old icebox in the kitchen ... and I am DEFINITELY going to put it to its original use with great enthusiasm! Anyone facy a cold bottle of champagne? It'ls in my ice box ready to be popped open!

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Hawkins "Teas-Maid"

"Designed to sit on ones Night-stand this Alarm Clock with built in kettle and tea pot, wakes you at the prescribed hour with a freshly brewed Pot of Tea, So necessary to replace the "evaporations of the night"

 

[Sarge]

I would love to have a Crosley WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver. With its 37 tubes, six speakers, 75W of power, weight of 475 pounds, and a cabinet made of seven types of wood that stood 58" tall, 42" wide and 22" deep form me it would be the ultimate set to have sitting in the living room.

 

[Brinybay]

I like my 1929 Majestic High Boy. If only it worked.

 

[cecil]

c. 40s 'Supreme' urea plastic hairdryer. This isn't mine but it's identical. Mine has the original box, too.

 

[Shangas]

If I had the money, I'd love an old rotary telephone. Or even a candlestick telephone! And one of those grand, old-fashioned radios. Either a big, console floor model, or a smaller, tombstone/cathedral-style radio, or a box-style radio, to sit on my desk to listen to music with.

Oh! And an old, green banker's lamp. I just love those. Dunno why, just do.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

1959 Fender Tweed Bassman

 

[Talbot]

I always wanted the radio set used by the Crimson Ghost to take control of the hero's car.

I would however, settle for Commando Cody's rocket pack with the cool dials on the front.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

1959 Fender Tweed Bassman

Yeah!! That's the holy grail for us harp players too, y'know. Four tens, a few tubes and a fat tone. Wonderful.

 

[Unlucky Berman]

source: http://www.telephonearchive.com/phones/ae/ae21_stick.html
I like them and someday I want to have one on my desk even if I do only use my mobile today. It's just an atmospheric peace which needs to be in every office and reminds me about the good old detective stories.