Philco's flagship 1932 model used 11 tubes and featured a lighted grille area when the set was on. This was the last set to use the large, heavy chassis pan that had been developed in 1928 for the 511 Series line. It uses twin speakers and covers the AM band only.

Original selling price: $150
Number made: 13,400

This '15' featured two tambour doors at top, which could be pulled shut to conceal the dial and controls. It also uses twin speakers.

Original selling price: $250
Number made: 1,500

Photo credit: Spencer Doggett

MODEL 22L

Philco tried to expand its radio-phonograph line for 1932. However, the time was wrong for this, as this was the worst year of the Depression, and all of Philco's radio-phonograph models sold poorly. This particular model used a Model 71 chassis.

Original selling price: $129.50
Number made: 3,100

Philco's top of the line radio-phonograph for 1932 used a Model 91 chassis. One may be seen in the 1932 movie The Big Broadcast.

Original selling price: $195
Number made: 1,461

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This radio-phonograph console used a Model 52 chassis. It is believed to be similar in appearance to Model 25L, shown below.

Original selling price & number made not available

And this radio-phonograph console used the Model 43 chassis.

Original selling price & number made not available

The 1932 version of the Baby Grand cabinet was designed by Clyde Shuler, and this basic style was used for several different Philco models over the next year and a half. This particular model is the successor to the Model 35 farm set, and in fact the two chassis are identical - there was no change, electrically, from Model 35 to Model 36.

Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 47B & 71B)

The battery-operated Philco Lowboy for 1932. It sold very poorly.

Original selling price: $69.95
Number made: 200

An attractive highboy with double doors.

Original selling price: $85
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 47D, 71D & 91D models)

Philco's first all-in-one "all-wave" receiver, which uses 8 tubes and covers frequencies from the AM band to 20 mc in four bands.

Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: Not available

Photo credit: Ed Locker

The highboy version of Model 43.

Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 2,500

A very large console with twin speakers and "All-Wave" coverage.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: 950

This is the Baby Grand version of Philco's 1932 DC-only receiver.

Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 36B & 71B)

Photo credit: George Guma

The DC-operated Highboy for 1932.

Original selling price: $79.50
Number made: 23,100 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 71H)

The 110 volt DC version of the 1932 Philco highboy with double doors.

Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 36D, 71D & 91D)

An Inclined Sounding Board Philco made to operate on direct current only.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: 225

The successor to Philco's Model 51, the 52 uses the same chassis as Model 51. Five tubes, superheterodyne, AM only.

Original selling price: $36.50
Number made: 28,420 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1932 Model 48B)

This model featured the 52 chassis in a compact table model cabinet, a harbinger of things to come. For the time being, however, Baby Grand models were still more popular than compact table models.

Original selling price: $39.50
Number made: 6,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1932 Model 48C)

Photo credit: Greg Armstrong

A modified Model 4 shortwave converter coupled with a Model 90 chassis; this is otherwise identical with Model 470 above.

Original selling price: $89.17
Number made: 13,196 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1932 Models 37L & 48L)

A table or mantle clock with a Model 52 chassis. A compact, yet very attractive set.

Original selling price: $60
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1931 Model 551 Colonial Clock as well as Fall 1932 Model 80 Colonial Clock)

Philco apparently used up Model 570 grandfather clock cabinets by installing some Model 52 chassis in these, adding a new front panel drilled to accept the 52 control shafts, and selling them.

Original selling price: Not available
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1931 Model 570 Grandfather Clock as well as June 1932 Model 71 Grandfather Clock)

An update to Philco's popular Model 70, the 71 used Philco's new 6.3-volt High Efficiency tubes in essentially the same circuitry as the late version of Model 70, and housed in a brand-new cathedral cabinet designed by Clyde Shuler.

Later versions of the 71 used a shadowmeter and a different escutcheon.

Original selling price: $46.50
Number made: 44,700 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 36B & 47B)

Photo credit: Ed Locker

This is a Model 71 lowboy, which is identical to the previous season's Model 70 lowboy except for the escutcheon.

Original selling price: $59.50
Number made: 5,200

This Philco Highboy features six legs and a stretcher base, and a seven-tube chassis that receives the AM band.

Original selling price: $69.50
Number made: 23,100 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 47H)

Photo credit: Keith Park

The seven-tube version of Philco's 1932 highboy with doors. It uses twin speakers; one faces down toward the floor while the other faces forward.

Original selling price: $79.95
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 36D, 47D & 91D)

This picture shows how the Philco highboy with doors looks with the doors open.

The 1932 version of the 370 Lazyboy, using a Model 71 chassis in place of the previous year's Model 70 chassis.

Original selling price: $69.50
Number made: 16,285 (NOTE: Figure includes production of June 1931 Model 370 Lazyboy)

The 1932 Grandfather Clock used a Model 71 chassis in place of the previous year's Model 70 chassis, but was identical in appearance.

Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 8,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Fall 1931 Model 570 Grandfather Clock as well as June 1932 Model 52 Grandfather Clock)

Philco's largest Baby Grand for 1932 used 9 tubes and received the AM band. Like most of Philco's better receivers for this season, the 91 features a shadowmeter as a tuning aid.

Original selling price: $68.50
Number made: 23,450

The nine-tube 91 chassis in a lowboy cabinet.

Original selling price: $89.50
Number made: 15,000

This Philco Highboy includes the nine-tube 91 chassis.

Original selling price: $69.95
Number made: 14,346

Photo credit: John Miller

The 1932 Philco highboy with doors which used the most tubes. A great-looking radio as well as a great performer.

Original selling price: $99.50
Number made: 9,500 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 36D, 47D & 71D)

Another Inclined Sounding Board Philco with twin speakers, nine tubes, and covering the AM band with the aid of a shadowmeter.

Original selling price: $100
Number made: 14,675

Photo credit: Terry Van Winkle