Mystery, Maybe Pooley?

Folks,
Hello, my name is John, I'm actually an acoustic phonograph collector. I have a couple of newer phono/radio combos I'll hopefull be asking you all about soon. But my reason for searching out and joining a radio forum right now is a odd home-built (I think) acoustic phono I recently bought. The seller believes it to be a Pooley cabinet, if it is I don't think it was meant for a phonograph. Before I start rebuilding this with a better motor and tone-arm I want to find out for sure what it was. The second photo is what I found underneath the motorboard. Does this look like an early radio? anyone ever seen something like this. Thank you.

Regards,
J.