1930s Truetone Art Deco Tube Table Radio Model D 711

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1935-38 Truetone Art Deco Table Radio, Model D711 . Solid wood box, 22” x 10” x 12” h. 8 tubes, tuning eye, 6 pushbuttons, 4 knobs, BC and SW bands. Curved wood case with grille cloth with horizontal bars. Good BC/AM reception and some station on the other bands (but weak). Tuning eye illuminates but doesn’t move with tuning. Plastic tuning dial cover is discolored and cracked. Tubes and pilot lights all work. Wood case in good sturdy condition and could be nicely refinished without too much effort. This unit is quite heavy. In excellent condition, this same radio would sell for about $250. Some historical info: Truetone was the private label radio, television and electronics brand of Western Auto Supply Company of Kansas City , Missouri . Western Auto was a company founded in 1909 to sell tires and automobile supplies for the Model T Ford and other cars through its catalogs and, starting in 1913, through retail stores in Kansas City and other major cities. In the late 1920s, radio was taking the country by storm and Western Auto was looking for new items to add to its merchandise lines. After selling radio tubes under its "Wizard" brand in the 1920s, the company offered its first Truetone brand radios in 1931. Truetone was the radio brand sold by Western Auto of Kansas City while the California company sold its radios under the read more

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