1955 Olympic Model 449 Personal Portable Radio

An anachronism.

This radio is designed on 1940s standards–using a lid for a loop antenna. All other radios of the same time were using ferrite rod antennas and were shaped like small lunchboxes.

I suspect this radio was based on some of Emerson’s designs, given the chassis layout.

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One Response to “1955 Olympic Model 449 Personal Portable Radio”

AllAmericanFiveRadio on December 23rd, 2009 at 3:21 am

Very interesting …
Very interesting and nice looking set. It does play great! Nice tone and loud too.

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