"The Joy of Radio" with Ernest Hare

[JHolmesesq]

Hi everyone,

I found this great photo of Ernest Hare, the early vaudeville star listening to a radio set with headphones. Any idea on the make?

[Uncle Vanya]

The loud-speaker is an Atlas, the set may well be a home built (or local radio shop-built) unit. the rheostats on the right side of the set appear to be Acme, the two large tuning dials may be Electrose or Hart and Hegamin, and the small tuning dial on the left appears to be Haynes-Griffin or Burnely, though many other makes were similar.

the odd, flat knob between the center and the right- hand dtuning dial is specifict to one particular make of rheostat or potentiometer, but I ma having a difficult time remembering which brand. perhaps Crouse-Hinds, but I'm not at all certain.