Australian Vintage Radio

All Things Old, Musical & Electronic

• Australian Vintage Radio
• Addison
• Admiral
• Admiralty (USA)
• Aegis
• Aeolian
• Aeradio
• AGE. Australian General Electric
• Airline Lone Ranger
• Airway
• Airzone
• Air-Master
• Altec Lansing (USA)
• Amperite
• Aristocrat
• Aristone
• Arvin (USA)
• Atwater Kent (USA)
• Astor
• AWA
• AWA Car Radio Data
• AWA Fisk. Man Behind The Badge
• AWA Radiolette
• AWA Radiola
• AWA Ugly Duckling !
• AWA Transistor
• Belatone
• Bell
• Breville
• Brico
• Briton
• Bush And Lane (USA)
• Cadet
• Calstan
• Cavalier
• Classic
• Chieftain
• Colonial "New World"
• Collins Radio (Ham, USA)
• Columbus
• Conlon
• Console Radio
• Crosley
• Croyden
• Denradio
• Detrola
• De Wald (USA)
• Dominion
• Dual
• Duffy
• Efco
• Ekco
• Electro-Voice (Mics)
• Elroy
• Electravox Valve Guitar Amp (AU)
• Electrosound
• EMC Mu Valve Tester
• Emerson (USA)
• Eminar Amplifiers
• Emmco
• Essanay
• Fada (USA)
• Federal
• Ferranti
• Ferris
• Garod
• Garrard Turntables
• Genalex
• General Electric Valve Tester
• Gibson Les Paul Guitars
• Goldentone Guitar Amps
• Goodmans
• Grebe Synchrophase
• Grundig Radio
• Gulbransen
• Hallicrafters
• Ham Radio Equipment
• Hammarlund
• Heathkit (USA)
• Healing
• HMV
• Hotpoint
• Howard
• Igranic
• Jackson Valve Tester
• Jefferson Travis
• Kadette
• KDKA Lucite
• Kelvin
• Ken-Rad Valves
• Kenwood (Hi Fi & Ham Radio)
• Kingsley
• Kriesler
• Lafayette (USA)
• Leak Hi Fi (English)
• Lekmek
• Linconola
• Majestic
• Malvern Star
• Maples
• Marconiphone (UK)
• Maton Guitars
• Maxwell
• McIntosh
• Midlands
• Midwest
• Monarch
• Moody Guitar Amps (Valve)
• Motorola (USA)
• Mullard
• Music Masters
• Nagra (Tape Recorders)
• National. NOT Nat. Panasonic
• Oceanic (French)
• Operadio
• Pacemaker
• Palec Test Gear
• Paling
• Peal
• Peter Pan
• Philco
• Philips
• Philips Speakers
• Pilot Super Wasp
• Pioneer (Hi Fi)
• Precedent
• Precision Valve Testers
• Pye
• Quad
• Radiokes
• Radophone
• Raycophone
• RCA Orthophonic Tube Amp
• RCS Radio
• Red Line Power Transformers
• Rex Valve Guitar Amps (AU)
• Rymola
• Sansui (Vintage Hi Fi)
• Sanyo
• Sencore Valve Tester
• Seyon
• Sherwood
• Silvatone
• Silver Dwarf
• Silvertone (USA)
• Simpson Valve Tube Testers
• Skyraider
• Slade
• Sonar (Ham Radio)
• Sonora
• Sony (Early Transistor)
• Sparton (USA)
• Stromberg-Carlson
• STC
• Shure Brothers (Mics)
• Supreme Valve Testers
• Tasma
• Tecnico
• Technics
• Teisco Guitar Amplifiers (Japanese)
• Tele-Verta
• Tesla
• Turner Microphones
• Ultimate (NZ)
• Vadis Valve Guitar Amps. (AU)
• Vealls
• Vedette Guitar Amplifiers
• Velco
• Vibroplex Morse Keyers
• Western Electric
• Western Electric Speakers
• Westinghouse
• Weldon
• Yaesu Ham Radio (Japanese)
• York
• Zenith (USA)
• Old Radio Company Letterheads
• Why Isnt My Radio Working?
• Vintage Test Equipment
• One Valve Set
• Two Valve Set
• Battery Valve Amplifier
• Radio Circuit Symbols
• Repairing Your Valve Radio
• Vintage Radio Book Store
• Workshop Hints
• VT Military Valves Cross Ref. List
• Information Wanted
• Mullard Valves Being Made!
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Here is a collection of vintage ads for vacuum tubes with the quaint claims about superiority which were convincing to the public at that time






1920s Cossor Advert


1920s Osram Advert


1932 Philips Advert


1920s Mullard Advert


1928 Radiotron Advert


1940s US Taylor Tubes Advert


193os AWV Radiotron Advert (Australian)


1940s US Raytheon Advert

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