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King Manufacturing Corp.; Buffalo, NY

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Name: King Manufacturing Corp.; Buffalo, NY    (USA)  
alternative name:
King Quality Products || King-Buffalo Inc. || King-Hinners Radio Co.
Abbreviation: kingmanuf
Products: Model types
Summary:

King Manufacturing Corp.
Buffalo, New York

Trade names Imperial, King, Monarch, Royal

King produced also for Sears under the name Silvertone, but the radios still were labeled King-Hinners.

Another brand to sell radios manufactured by King was Adler-Royal

Founded: 1924
History:

King Quality Products, Inc. was incorporated in late fall 1924 by W.G. King and two others and was associated with the King Manufacturing Co., formerly known as the King Sewing Machine Co., founded in 1904. Sears, Roebuck, and Co. owned King Manufacturing Co. [1]

King acquired a Neutrodyne license and sold its first radio under the Sears Silvertone name in 1924. It was very successful that year. In January 1925, King also marketed the Neutrodyne radios under its own new name, King-Hinners, named after a brilliant designer named Frank A. Hinners, who was the chief consulting engineer for the Adler Manufacturing Co., another company owned by Sears. [1]

When Neutrodyne radio sales slowed, King hedged its bet in late 1926 and temporarily split into King-Hinners Radio Co., Inc., to make Neutrodynes, and King-Buffalo, Inc., for TRF models. [1]

By March 1927, the two had recombined to form the new King Manufacturing Corp., but they overproduced in 1929 and had financial troubles as the Great Depression started. Sears unloaded the company and sold the Buffalo plant to Colonial Radio Corp. in October 1930. The last mention of King Manufacturing Corp. as a Sears subsidiary was in 1933. [1]

The company changed its name several times:
1924:      King Quality Products, Inc.
1926-27: King-Hinners Radio Co., Inc.
1926-27: King-Buffalo, Inc.
1927-30: King Manufacturing Corp.
1930:      acquired by the Colonial Radio Corp. 

Source:
[1]  Radio Manufacturers of the 1920's, Vol. 2, 1989, by Alan Douglas, pages 100-107.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
USA  25 Neutrodyne [Table model] UV201A   
USA  25 Neutrodyne [Console] UV201A   
USA  29 Monarch (Monark) 101 [table] 24  Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932 calls it "Monark", obviously a typo. In Slusser (7) is i... 
USA  26 10K1 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  30 KI 10KI    
USA  26 10SK UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  30 218 24  One dial (primary tuning control knob) 
USA  26 25S UX201A  The King Hinners Neutrodyne model 25S is a battery operated 5 tube BC band receiver.&nb... 
USA  25 30 UV201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) . Wood, low rectangular case, slanted 3 dial fr... 
USA  26 40 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  25 5    
USA  26 61 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) . Two-tone wood, low rectangular case. 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Ad - models: 25c, 30, 30stbn_us_king_25c_30_30s_adv.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 201.tbn_rr_june27_p201_ad_kingman.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 208.tbn_rr_june27_p208_ad_king_manuf.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 209.tbn_rr_june27_p209_ad_king_manuf.jpg
King radios were sold in Australia. Advertisement from “The Chronicle”, South Australia, January 12, 1929.tbn_aus_king_ad_1929.jpg
King radios were sold in Australia. Advertisement from “The News”, South Australia, August 12, 1929.tbn_aus_king_neutrodyne_ad_1929.jpg
King label from a Model G, 1928. eBay Australia Item:186453792394tbn_us_kingman_g_label.jpg

  

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