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1953 Emerson Model 640 Personal Portable Radio

One of Emerson’s early 1950s personal radios. Fairly hard to find these in good condition, as the plastic cabinet is thin, flimsy and easily broken.

Gotta love that slide-rule dial in the middle.

Runs on a 467 B battery and a D cell.

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One Response to “1953 Emerson Model 640 Personal Portable Radio”

  1. umajunkcollector on May 16th, 2010 at 5:35 am

    I remember some of …
    I remember some of the old car radios having mini tubes in them when I was a kid, and I was amazed they made tubes that “”small”".

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