Something happened on the way to the future: the past got in the way. I’ve been spending time lately reading online forums and other pages dedicated to vintage electronics. This includes sites that ...

Vintage but modern-looking plastic radios are popular with collectors today. The art deco design was popular when Bakelite was introduced as the first molded plastic used for radio cases, in 1933. But ...

There are lots of things you no longer have in your living room here in 2023. A century ago (or even less) you would likely have had a piano. Even the most modest of families couldn’t do without one, ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa | Dean Hall's obsession with old radios started when he bought a 1935 model four years ago. When the Dubuque man got the upright Zenith console radio home, he fell in love with its clean ...

Before TV and even after, families relied on and treasured the radio in the living room or parlor. Dave Lewis of Windsor wasn’t around in the 1930s to plop down before a hefty, handsomely crafted ...

If you haven’t heard of an “all-American five,” then you probably don’t dig through bins for old radios. The AA5 is a common design for old AM radios that use five tubes: a rectifier, an ...