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   Everything that does not fit in the Catalog, Hobbyist and Programming Miscellanea Sections
Short run journals, one-of-a-kind local program schedules and single issues of magazines that do not fit on the other of our Early Radio pages can be found here. All are from the early days of radio from the 20's to the end of the Golden Age.
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Thirty-Year Review of the General Electric Company
1892-1922
The Eminent Years of Powel Crosley Jr 1921-1940
From the AWA Review 2003
WLW Cincinnati, Ohio 500,000 watt RCA transmitter manual from 1935
A Pictorial Album of Wireless and Radio
1905-1928
Timeline
Contains article "Crosley Story" by Don Bedwell about
Powel Crosley Jr.
Mr. Radio Man
Sheet music for a song inspired by radio from 1923.
Radio and How It Works
Crosley
1945
Radio Enters the Home
1922 catalog and description of home radios and their use from RCA
Cincinnati's Powel Crosley Jr.
Short profile of the radio pioneer by Joseph Rice from 1975
Franklin Antenna
Patent Application
UK 1925
The Merchandising of Radio - 1925
A study of the status of radio and the set maker industry.
Radio Alphabet
Glossary of Radio Terms from the 1940's reprinted by WFMU
National Radio Institute license exam quiz booklet for Radio Operators' License. Your Radio In Wartime
A booklet from Tungsol about using your radio during the war.
Phono-Graphics
Art photos of early radios
Schwartzman
1992
ARRL
1925
Convention Program
Radio Art
A collection of postcards from 1992 showing early radios on each.
Federal Junior
Radio Telephone
Instructions
Retailing Radio Trade Directory
from 1926
The Zenith Story
Starting in 1919, the story of Zenith Radio Corporation.
Ilustrated.
The A.B.C. of Radio by Kaempffert. A 1922 early and basic explanation of how radio works and how to use it at home!
Atwater Kent "Company  Story" from 1928. History and pictures of radios and factories. Radio Electrical Record
April 1932 issue of this electrical appliance dealer magazine
The Microphone
Radio & Television Worker's Union
May 1935
Advertiser's Guide
From N. W. Ayer
1877 ad media directory; newspapers and magazines before the era of radio.
Edison's Part In Radio
1928 booklet from the Edison Company
Radio Información de Cuba
1932
Cuban listener magazine
Radio Review for the Listener
Single issue from February 1930.
Delco
Auto Radio Dealer's Manual
1941
Voice of the Air
1930 single issue
Vol 2 # 13
Radio Technical Digest
Single issued from January 1939
Babson's Review
Set of 3 of this entertainment magazine from the 1940's
All About Television
Special Edition from Summer 1927 of "Science and Invention" from Hugo Gernsback
Victor Records
May 1914 Catalog
Television   The Crystal Ball of Radio
A booklet projecting the future of TV by Lehrbach from 1939
Grebe Synchrophase
radio instruction manual from 1925
Owner of WAHG, which became WCBS.
Radio Electrical Record /  Radio Record
Electrical Appliance Dealer Magazine 
Radio Electrical Record
April 1932 issue of this electrical appliance dealer magazine
Radio Record
October 1930 issue
of this radio dealer magazine.
   
Radio Digest / Radio Instructor
1922 Magazine which changed name due to conflict with another that had same title.
Radio Instructor
June 1922
Radio Digest
May 1922
   
Electrical Retailing Magazine
Magazine for sellers of radios and appliances.
Electrical Retailing
November 1923 issue.
Electrical Retailing
January 1924
Talking Machine Journal
Phonograph "Talking Machine" Magazine
Talking Machine Journal
Single issue from June 1927
       
Magazines With Small Collections
The Radio Dealer Year Book
1925-26
Radio and parts suppliers
       
National Technician
Service industry magazine which began in 1935. One issue from 1936
  Modern Mechanics
March 1935
Sarnoff predicts mail will be delivered by TV
 
The Phono Gram
Two 1900 issues about Phones, Graphs, Grams and Scopes and sound recording.
Miscellaneous & Curiosities
1923 verification letter from CYL radio in Mexico City. This was the forerunner of the XEW / Televisa dynasty of the Azcárraga family        
Education and Training
Opportunities in Radio
Vocational Guidance Manual
1946
Radio Workers
Profile of workers in the radio industry from 1940
Emerson "Small Radio"
From 1943.
The use of the radio in war and peace.
 
Education by Radio
Volume One
1931
Education by Radio
Volume Two
1932
Education by Radio
Volume Three
1933
Education by Radio
Volume Four
1934
Education by Radio
Volume Seven
1937
National Broadcasting Studios
Radio training
1932
Conventions, Meetings, Fairs.
Pacific Radio Exposition
1924
Official Program
       
Asscociations, Clubs and Consumer Groups
Proceedings of the
Radio Club of America
1931-1933
Proceedings of the
Radio Club of America
1934-1937
Radio Review
Women's National Radio Committee
(Early advocacy group)
1935 to 1936
Industry Publications from Associations and Networks
NBC Frequency Modulation Field Test
1940
       
Retail, Listener and Service Magazines
Western Refrigeration and Radio Journal
Single issue from January 1932
Radiocast Weekly
1926 Feb 6
Radiocast Weekly
San Francisco region programming for Pacific Coast.
August 1 1926
Radio Merchandising
The magazine of the radio trade.
March, 1925
Radio Merchandising
The Magazine of the Radio Trade

August, 1926
   
Radio  Manufacturers Newsletters & Publications
The Collins Bulletin
October 1908
Second issue of the Collins newsletter.
 
  Continental Wireless Telephone & Telegraph Co
Company Prospectus
1919
 
Eyes and Ears for the Millions
A classroom booklet published in 1945 by Westinghous
Management - Legislation - Labor - Sales -Associations
Broadcast World
Labor's perspective on radio.
1940 issue.
Walter Burns Co.
Coverage map preparation service.
Radio Act of 1927
Establishment of the Federal Radio Commission
Radio Club of America
Golden Jubilee Book
1959
Radio Club of America
100th Anniversary
Book 2009
Management in the Public Interest
1945 picture story of radio from the NAB
Station Listings
Radex Radio Map 1931
US map with 816 US radio stations located.
Radio Map of the United States
1927 edition from Morton Salt
RCA Radio Station Map of the World
1933.
International
Radiomanía
Cuban fan magazine from the 50's
Radiomanía
Cuban fan magazine from the 50's