Circa Dec. 1922 Crosley Catalog
Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)
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- Estados Unidos
- Fabricante / Marca
- Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)
- Año
- 1922

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- Catálogos, folletos, propaganda en papel, etc.
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 213425
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- Modelo: Circa Dec. 1922 Crosley Catalog - Crosley Radio Corp.;
- Anotaciones
- Undated Crosley Catalog that has listed the Regenerative Harko Seniors manufactured for Crosley by Tri-City Electrical Supply Co. in late 1922/early 1923. This catalog was perhaps intended for the Radio Show in Grand Central Palace, New York, which started December 21, 1922 (according The New York times, December 17, 1922 "Radio Show is expected to set record") and ended December 30, 1922. This is theoretical the first date for it and one can presume that not all models were ready for sale in December. For some we see the first advertisement in April 1923.
- Procedencia de los datos
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Autor
- Modelo creado por Alan Larsen. Ver en "Modificar Ficha" los participantes posteriores.
- Otros modelos
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Donde encontrará 1812 modelos, 1050 con imágenes y 1306 con esquemas.
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Contribuciones en el Foro acerca de este modelo: Crosley Radio Corp.;: Circa Dec. 1922 Crosley Catalog
Hilos: 1 | Mensajes: 2
Like the first Crosley Radio Products Catalog, also this second and largest catalog Crosley published, has no date.
We would like to find out the smallest perode the catalog must have been in the hands of the dealers. At the moment it can be from December 1922 up to April 1923 (or even later).
Therefore we would like to find evidence for the earliest date possible - and evidence for the last date possible. Much better would naturally be if we find a note in a newspaper from then or an envelope with the old catalog.
The earliest date possible (without further evidence):
This catalog has 36 pages. On page 31 we find a letter from Ocala, Fla. from November 8th for a model X. On page 32 we find a letter from Cincinnati, where a client tells about "On Sunday morning, November 5, 1922, I hared station 6XAD, located at Avalon, California" - for a model VI plus Two-Step AF Amp. There is an other from Cincinnati from November 8, 1922, naming a Harko Senior combination plus model X. Mentioned is in other letters model XV (and Murcock phones).
The letter from Ocala was earliest sent off November 9th and we would have to know how long it took then to be in the office and decided that it is one to be published. If we consider that those pages could be spared out until the last day, and then the letters were selected, the print started, the binding done, the shipment of catalogs, postal service. That is facts only.
The latest date possible (we can hardly tell):
It helps to find also the latest date possible by checking the model which was the latest known for a first apperiance of it in the market. At the moment we know only some ads. Sure is that the catalog contains older models and brand new models. I will now list the models in the catalog - to be easier to later put in first information about all those models. I will have to begin with known ads. After all the work, I wonder to what conclusion we can come.
Model | page | price | first evidence | remarks, conclusions |
XXV (25) | 2 | 150 | November 1922 "QST" | |
XX (20) | 3 | 100 | September 1922 "Radio News" | XV in upright cabinet |
XV (15) | 4 | 70 | September 1922 "Radio News" | |
XII (12) | 5 | 65 | ? | |
X (10) | 6 | 55 | September 1922 "Radio News" | |
VIII (8) | 7 | 48 | February 1923 (p 118 Douglas) | |
VIII portable (8) | 8 | 60 | ? | 3 "1 1/2-Volt tubes" |
VIII special (8) | 8 | 50 | January 1923 (p 118 Douglas) | 3 "1 1/2-Volt tubes" |
VI (6) | 9 | 28 | September 1922 "Radio News" | |
VI portable (6) | 10 | 40 | September 1923 "QST" | |
VI special (6) | 10 | 30 | ? | |
Two-Step AF Amp. | 10 | 17 | without front switch | |
Harko Senior V-A (5A) | 11 | 14 | socket adaptor | |
Harko Senior V-A reg. | 11 | 16 | Tri-City, popular 1.5 v tubes! | |
Harko Senior V-B | 11 | 15 | socket adaptor | |
Harko Senior V-B reg. | 11 | 17 | Tri-City popular 1.5 v tubes! | |
Harko Senior V-C | 11 | 16 | socket adaptor | |
Harko Senior V-C reg. | 11 | 20 | Tri-City popular 1.5 v tubes! | |
Crystal Receiver 1 | 12 | 25 ! | September 1922 "Radio News" | Antenna, phones, Insulators etc. |
Audion Detector Unit | 13 | 6 | September 1922 "Radio News" | Adam brown cabinet. |
RFTA | 13 | 12 | July 1922 "QST" | |
Two-Step AF Amp. | 13 | 17 |
August 1922 "Radio Broadcast" |
no step switch, engraved = $ 18. |
4 different comb. | 14 | -- | for the CR1 | |
4 different comb. | 15 | -- | for V and VI | |
Tuno-Unit | 16 | 7 | new line! Adam brown cab. vario-coupler | |
Condenso-Unit | 16 | 5 | new line! Adam brown cab. var. condenser | |
Detecto-Unit | 16 | 4 | new line! Adman brown, audion | |
De-Amplo-Unit | 17 | 11 | Adam brown mahogany | |
Duo-Amplo-Unit | 17 | 14 | Sheltran trafo. | |
Variable Cond. A,B,C | 18 | |||
Variometer, Vario-Coupler | 19 | |||
V--T Socket | 20 | |||
Rheostat, Tap Switch | 21 | |||
Sheltran Transformer | 22 | 4 | ||
RFAT (RF amp tuner) | 22 | 4 | modul | |
Tube adapter | 23 | -.70 | ||
Head Phones | 23 | 6 | ||
Knob and Dial etc. | 24 | see look of it. | ||
Crystal Detector Stand | 25 | 1.60 | ||
Magfon | 25 | 10 | ||
Radio Cabinets | 26 | |||
1 1/2 volt tubes | 27 | |||
Storage "A" Battery | 28 | 17 | 80 A.H. | |
Radio "B" Battery | 28 | 1.75 | 22 1/2 volt (1 plus 5 connections) | |
Antenna-Instructions | 29 | |||
Lead-in and groun | 30 | |||
letters | 31 | |||
letters | 32 | |||
other | 4 pages title etc. 2 front, 2 end. |
Prices are without tubes, batteries etc. In the model page you sometimes find a + for that - and a ! would say inclusive. The model XXV for instance has a price of $ 150 but complete cost of $ 271.
1.5 volt cell battery tubes:
What makes me think about a later date for this catalog as December 1922 is for instance the following sentence on page 11: "The cabinets of all of these models are arranged to use the now popular 1 1/2 volt tubes ..." Mentioned to buy is ONE dry cell battery for $ -.50. This must have been 3 in one? Page 23 are the adaptors, page 27 a comment. Page 8 (for model VIII special): Continued demand for radio receiving sets which permit use of 1 1/2-volt vacuum tubes has resulted in the production ..."
Tyne wrote the following in "Saga of the Vacuum Tube", page 313: "The UV199 was announced at the New York Radio Show in December 1922, but it was not available to customers until about the middle of April 1923." Stokes, "70 years of radio tubes and valves", page 17: "The first thoriated-filament tubes were the types UV199 (3, later 3.3 volt filament) and UV201A (6 volt filament); they were produced by GE late in 1922 but were not available for general sale until well into 1923." (from GE Report, page 34).
We have to remember that radios were sold without tubes and the customer had to buy the tube. If a radio store would only be able to sell the readio without tube(s) he would be in big trouble - so would be the manufacturer if the tube would not be available. On the other hand those Crosley radios mentioned hat to get adapters. What about the rheostats?
Harko Senior with regeneration: Caption is wrong: "July 1922 QST advertisement showed the 2nd version tapered tuning dial and rheostat knob in the new Adam brown cabinets." We have to check that.
Ernst Erb, 23.Feb.12