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Aaron, you don't mention it, but that Philco is also a phonograph. It's one of the famous Philco "slot player" phonos. They were made famous by Bing Crosby doing ads for them. Consequently, they are often referred to by radio collectors as the "Bing Crosby" model. Officially, the model first appeared in 1946 as the 46-1201 model. It plays 78rpm only. Philco continued to make variations on this model thru about 1949. Opening the small door in the front exposes the slot. You slide a record into the slot and close the door. The door mechanism moves the tonearm into play position. At the end of the record, the player shuts off. Opening the door raises the tonearm and allows the record to be extracted from the slot. The unit has automatic record size selection between 10 and 12 inch. These models are still fairly common, so they don't bring a high price. You can find them on eBay fairly often.
Collecting moss, radios and phonos in the mountains of WNC.
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