Can anyone identify this console?

[sweitzel]

I thought this was pretty unique looking. Anyone know what this is? It appears to have a radio, and a turntable in addition to a TV.

[Adam]

Magnavox?

[Robert Grant]

I can't tell what brand this is without seeing the radio dial (but I bet other videokarma users soon will!).

This is a circa 1950 combination console, with a radio and possibly a phonograph (a turntable, then, by definition, did not have an amplifier nor speakers).

In the early days of TV, combinations had a purpose. Many TV stations only broadcast a few hours a day, and many areas had only one or two stations. The radio and phonograph often came in handy for all those hours there were no TV programs.

A set like this was also a luxury item at the time, like on the scale of half a years' mortgage payments!

[Eric H]

I'd guess Magnavox too, the radio dial looks like a Maggie.

[Eric H]

This eBay ad seems to imply that you could buy the Phono and add the TV later?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1949-Original-MA...item1e48c2137a


And this one has a clearer view of the TV

http://cgi.ebay.com/1949-Magnavox-TV...item439a6c25a0

[Phil Nelson]

What's that round thing in the back, behind the speaker?

Phil

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

What's that round thing in the back, behind the speaker?

antenna for the radio

[truetone36]

Looks like a Magnavox to me.

[Hawkwind]

Yes, it is a Magnavox. My parents had one without the TV and I have a magazine ad for it from 1949...

[Tubejunke]

[QUOTE=Robert Grant;2957014]This is a circa 1950 combination console, with a radio and possibly a phonograph (a turntable, then, by definition, did not have an amplifier nor speakers)QUOTE]

By 1950 'turntables' had long been amplified, pretty much the same as they are today. The phonograph, again, like today would be plugged into the audio section of the chassis and the sound would come from the main, or normally the only speaker, at that time.