Philco 53A s console radio ;^)

[diamondsouled]

Originally Posted by Reece

Model 53 (no A) is around 1930, IIRC, nowhere near this radio. Did they use a different numbering system on Canadian sets?

According to the Philco Radio page:

"By June 1938, the radios produced in Canada began to look very different from USA Philcos. The company also adopted its own model numbering scheme, which results in confusion today among radio collectors, since many later Canadian Philcos used the same model numbers as older USA Philco sets."

http://www.philcoradio.com/world/canada.htm

The 53X in the picture is the same as mine.

Cheers

Lar