Wood Cased Floor Radios

Welcome to this photo gallery.  "PAA" means this radio was Photographed At Auction and is not in my collection. If a dollar value appears after PAA it means I noted what someone other than me paid for the radio. DEIL means Dominion Electrohome Industries Ltd. See NOTES under these pictures.

5aug07 latest addition:  Sparton 87

recent additions are:  Victor ELECTROLA,  Sparton 467,  HBC "DICTATOR" Z1T51D-1,  RCA A-31, Westinghouse 981, Electrohome's Chippendale-9,  Rogers 58,  Grimes 465 "DICTATOR" floor radio,  Chisholm 540 (my boyhood radio), Rogers 8R822

FOR SALE:  The Victor ELECTROLA details at top of this picture gallery..

Victor ELECTROLA FOR SALE: call 604-824-5711 Cdn$225 +shipping	Victor ELECTROLA approx. size 46"H x 30"W x 19"D	Victor ELECTROLA approx. wt. 150 pounds
Victor ELECTROLA Tubes: 24, 24, 24, 24, 27, 45, 45, 80. Didn't check all the 24's.. might have a 35 or so in there.	Chisholm 540 My boyhood radio. Curled up by speaker listening to Foster Hewitt's hockey. 5Y3, 6K6, 6K7, 6SA7, 6SQ7.	Electrohome "Chippendale-9" 5Y3, 6AU6, 6AV6, 6BA6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 6J5, 6V6, 6V6.
Electrohome "Chippendale-9" This radio belonged to Dorothy C. in Kelowna. Radio is out for re+re	Fleetwood no model# 5Y4, 6F6, 6SA7, 6SK7, 6SK7, 6SQ7. No radio in unit, only the record changer.	Fleetwood no model# mfd by Electrical Products Mfg Ltd in Montreal. This cabinet dismantled for parts.
General Electric H-66 5Y4, 6E5, 6F6, 6SA7, 6SK7, 6SQ7	Grimes 160 Serenader PAA $175 10, 26, 26, 26, 26,56,80	Grimes 465 "DICTATOR' 5Z3, 6A7, 6B7, 6D6, 6D6, 41. Kit provided this 465 to the museum.
HBC "DICTATOR" Z1T51D-1 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 35Z5, 50L6. (35L6 was in 50L6 slot)	Northern Electric 6303 6AR5, 6AV6, 6BA6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 6X4	RCA A-31 circa 1945. w/ Magic Loop Antenna. 5Y4, 6E5, 6F6, 6SA7, 6SK7, 6SK7, 6SQ7.
RCA 81 1948 FM Radio. Magic Loop Antenna. Found in Clinton, BC. July 2002. 5Y4, 6AL5, 6AT6, 6BA6, 6BA6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 6V6.	RCAVictor V405A 12BE6, 12SC7, 12SK7, 35C5, 35C5	Rogers 7M-611 2X3, 2X3, 6A7, 6K6, 6K7, 6B6/75M.
Rogers 7M-832 2X3, 2X3, 6A7, 6F5, 6F6, 6K7, 6X6, 86. 6X6 is Electron Ray Tube.	Rogers 7R-832 PAA $440 its tube lineup is likely same as 7M-832... 2X3, 2X3, 6A7, 6F5, 6F6, 6K7, 6X6, 86.	Rogers 7R-832 station pre-select knob and fine tuning center knob
Rogers 8R822 Bev's 1938 radio. 2X3, 2X3, 6J8, 6K7, 6K7, 6X6, 41M, 75M. 6E5 sub for 6X6. Grill cloth #960 from Antique Electronic, Tempe.	Rogers 58 "The Jacques Cartier" Serial # 1043. Tubes 6A8, 6B6, 6F6, 6K7/88M, 80.	Rogers Majestic 2622 one of the toughest sets in the museum, but restorable. 6A7, 6B7, 42, 80, 88, 88.
Sparton 87 6A8, 6E5, 6F5, 6F6, 6F6, 6H6, 6K7, 6K7. See also in Current Restorations	Sparton 467 NIC. s/n 467273 Tubes: 6A7, 42S, 75, 78, 78, 80	Sparton 5251 5Y3, 6AT6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 6V6 this radio will be refinished and sold.
Victor Talking Machine Co. R-15 6A7, 6B7, 6D6, 41, 80	Westinghouse 981 5Y4, 6F6, 6F6, 6SA7, 6SK7, 6SK7, 6SQ7, 6SQ7, 6U5.

NOTES

May07 added RCA model A-31 and Westinghouse model 981. Had both in my collection for several years, just got around to photographing them now.

Mar07 added floor model Grimes model 465 "DICTATOR".  Grimes eventually morphed into Dominion Electrohome Industries Ltd  (DEIL).  DEIL had a deal with Hudson's Bay Company to sell radios. In calling the radio a Hudson's Bay Dictator the radio is double branded. Selling radios was a competitive business.  But it seems DEIL played both ends against the middle because several large chain stores used DEIL as their outsource for a number of brand name radios, radio-record players and TVs.

Feb07 added 9 radios since Oct06. Still working on Pat's Rogers floor radio.

Oct06 Heidi and I delivered Bev's 1938 Rogers 8R822 to her. "Finest radio in the Cariboo."

Feb05 I mistakenly thought there was only one "Dictator" radio when I found the larger floor model, Hudson's Bay Dictator (made by Dominion Electrohome Industries Ltd., for the Hudson's Bay Company department store) at Dorothy's Antiques near Hixon, BC. I was wrong. Shortly thereafter I found a smaller, Tombstone Grimes Dictator in an antique shop in Quesnel. Interestingly, both Dictators were found within 80 miles of each other in central British Columbia.

July02 Heidi and I picked up the RCA model 81 3jul02 in Clinton BC. The radio was out in 96 degree heat and sunshine! Seems to date from 1948 and must be an early FM set. Has cracked dial plate.

Edited June 30, 2008 By: Gord Routley - Don's HostMaster, Guru & Friend!