Perhaps your grandparents or great-grandparents heard of the great market crash of 1929 on a Radiola 18.

7-tubes, TRF design, beautiful mahogany cabinet. Required an external speaker such as the RCA 100, 100A, or 103. Most of the radios up to this point were battery operated, whereas this was AC. Luckily, Ours still had the “hood” over the dial light, most of what I have seen it is missing. This was bought at a Antique Radio swap meet several years ago in Milwaukee that we attended. Recapped and cleaned the chassis, plays very well. Attached below are the service notes, etc.

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