[Boatanchors] Anybody ever hear of a Little Giant home radio?

[jeremy-ca]

I cant find anything even resembling a label or even a place where it might 
have been.

I have all the Riders but I havent reached the point of going page by page 
over several volumes.

One hint is that it uses a pair of 3L mercury vapor rectifiers. The audio 
output is a 42.

Radiolas? Many electronics were not even built by RCA but by GE and 
Westinghouse using RCA tubes and license. My model 18 has a cabinet by one 
outfit and the base/speaker stand by another.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Anybody ever hear of a Little Giant home radio?


> Look very carefully on the chassis.  There should be a
> model number that can give a "hint" as to the
> manufacturer.  Then it should be in one of the Riders
> manuals or at least listed in Langley's book.
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> During the second half of the 1920s and all during the
> 1930s several manufacturers "private labeled" all
> sorts of radios for even small department stores.
> Also, during the 1920s and well into the 1930s many
> radios were sold less cabinets and there were quite a
> number of "third party" manufacturers who made
> cabinets of all sorts of styles.  Even Atwater-Kent
> radios were sold thusly (especially the Model 55).  Go
> to
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> http://k9sth.com/uploads/ant_total_2.JPG
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> for an example of a third party cabinet on a Howard
> unit from 1931 that is part of my radio collection.
> There is a Graybar 550 on the same page that is an
> example of radios manufacutured for "private label"
> distribution.  The "guts" were made by Radiola (RCA)
> and the cabinet by someone else.
>
> Glen, K9STH
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> --- jeremy-ca <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
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> It is a spindly leg console radio, looks to be early
> 30's. Other than "Little Giant" on the front there is
> no other ID.
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> I cant find any info on line or in a few books I have.
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> Any help to ID the maker is appreciated.
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> Glen, K9STH
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> Website:  http://k9sth.com
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