Just picked up a Zenith and Stromberg-Carlson Radio

[vortalexfan]

Hello Everyone, today I just picked up from someone on Facebook Marketplace 2 1940s vintage radios, (at least I think they're 1940s vintage, at least the Zenith is, I don't know about the Stromberg-Carlson one) they're both in really good shape cosmetically and supposedly they still work (as to what the seller meant by "they still work" is subjective.)

The Stromberg-Carlson radio is kind of unique in that the Rectifier tube is fitted to a separate tube socket that attaches to the chassis using a setup similar to a tuning eye tube socket would use, it also has a couple of "line level" inputs on the back one marked "phono" and one marked "television" and it has a bunch of push-buttons on the front for station presets, and a Phono-input selection switch and a radio selection switch.

The Zenith is the radio only version of the 10S690 I used to have which has station presets, and audio tone control presets.

I know the Zenith is pre-WWII (1942) and the Stromberg-Carlson I think dates to the late 1930s possibly (with the TV Sound input being the dead give away) but I'm not sure and would love some information on these radios.

Pictures are attached below.