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Picked up a Wards Airline Table Radio
When I was young, I inherited a Wards Airline AM-FM radio from my grandmother. It was a table model in a dark brown Bakelite cabinet. I used it until I got my first stereo in 1974. I don't know what happened to it, though I suspect that my parents pitched it out in one of their household moves.
Fast forward to this April. I was idly searching eBay and ran into the identical twin to that old radio. I bid immediately and ended up buying it for $27 and change, including shipping. I did some Web research on it and found that it was made for Montgomery Ward by Wells-Gardner -- the company my grandmother used to work for in Chicago -- in 1951. The radio looks great, and it powers up and works on both the AM and FM bands. Sometimes you win ...
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