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decojoe67 03-07-2018 09:41 PM

'46 Motorola "Mother's Day" radio
 
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This is an odd one that's a special factory model. It's a budget AA5 radio with an ivory (or light green) painted cabinet and floral decals obviously designed to be placed in the kitchen. On the Net there's little information about it and only a couple of decent examples. It seems most of these took quite a beating being in a kitchen for decades. This one was no exception and required a complete overhaul including grill cloth replacement. Fortunately the decals and dial were in good shape, although the cabinet needed much touching-up. I got it cheap and was surprised that it works well as-is. The chassis is only about 3" wide!

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MadMan 03-08-2018 12:25 AM

Noice.

decojoe67 03-08-2018 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMan (Post 3197051)
Noice.

Thanks. I wanted to put a more interesting grill cloth as the original was a small basket-weave/burlap-like texture, but the "less-is-more" theory usually holds true in this situation. Plus I had this brown/gold cloth and really didn't want to invest more into this set. It's just a fun "folk-art" piece.
Anyone with any info/advertising about this model please let me know. Thank you.

Celt 03-08-2018 08:49 AM

What a beauty!

decojoe67 03-08-2018 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Celt (Post 3197056)
What a beauty!

Thanks. It's really a bare-bones AA5 set, but for the housewife of the 1940's it was a cute, and likely low-cost, little radio to listen to in the kitchen.

Celt 03-08-2018 03:45 PM

She could do the dishes while listening to Fart Stinkletter!

old_tv_nut 03-08-2018 05:31 PM

My mother was a 1940s housewife, and she liked decorating with decals, so it's interesting to me to see a commercial product that came pre-decorated.

decojoe67 03-08-2018 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut (Post 3197064)
My mother was a 1940s housewife, and she liked decorating with decals, so it's interesting to me to see a commercial product that came pre-decorated.

You have to love those '40's colorful yellowed decals. Almost anyone who has come across this radio figures it was someone's arts and crafts creation, but thanks to Net it has been verified as factory. You just cannot find any info on it and it's not in the popular guide books. I'd love to see an ad with the set in it.


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