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Philcoradio.com < Gallery Index Philco for 1933 (introduced June 1933)
THE FOLLOWING MODELS REMAINED IN THE PHILCO LINEUP: 14LZX, 37C, 37L, 43B, 47B, 47D, 80B, 81B, 91B, 91D,
91RX.
Original selling price: $85 Number made: 2,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 16L & 17L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)
Original selling price: $100 Number made: 2,000
Philco's largest Baby Grand up to that time used 11 tubes and covered AM and shortwave from 520 kc to 23 mc in five bands. Model 16 even incluided a squelch control to cut background noises while tuning. The squelch could be turned on and off by a toggle switch on the side panel, and the squelch threshold was controlled by a potentiometer mounted in back of the set. Original selling price: $75 Number made: 22,100
Original selling price: $125 Number made: 2,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 14L & 17L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)
A large "X" model with the 16 chassis. Original selling price: $150 Number made: 2,000
The Model 17 had eleven tubes, like the Model 16, but only covered AM and the "police" band (1.5 to 4 mc). It was not a popular set and did not sell very well in any of its versions, as most people who could afford an eleven-tube set opted for the Model 16 instead. Original selling price: $65 Number made: 2,350 (NOTE: Figure includes production of June 1933 Models 43B & 91B)
Original selling price: $100 Number made: 2,200 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 14L & 16L as well as July 1933 Models 14L & 18LS, Fall 1933 Model 19L, and January 1934 Model 34L)
Original selling price: Not available Number made: 2,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of July 1933 Models 18XS & 19X)
Original selling price: $37.50 Number made: 20,750 (NOTE: Figure includes production of January 1933 Model 19B)
Original selling price: $50 Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 43H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)
Original selling price: $65 Number made: 1,500
Original selling price: $65 Number made: 3,600 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 91X)
Philco's all-wave Model 43 was carried over from the previous year. It received new console cabinets for 1933, and this is one of them. Original selling price: $79.95 Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 47H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)
Original selling price: $100 Number made: Not available
This is a highboy version of the 110 volt direct current (DC) Model 47. Original selling price: $79.95 Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 43H & 91H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)
Original selling price: $89.95 Number made: 5,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 91D as well as July 1933 Models 14D, 17D & 18D)
Original selling price: $100 Number made: Not available
Photo courtesy John Wynne A new cigar box pee-wee for 1933, this set could be operated on either AC or DC current. 5 tubes. Original selling price: $25 Number made: 56,250
Another "pee-wee" Philco model, this one used a 4-tube circuit similar to Model 80, yet laid out on a very small chassis. Original selling price: $15 Number made: 110,500
The new 89B added "police" band coverage (1.5 to 3.3 mc) and went from three knobs to four. Original selling price: $30 Number made: 94,390
This was a popular set in its day, slightly outselling the Baby Grand version of Model 89. Original selling price: $37.50 Number made: 94,974
The sun was setting on Model 91; it would be discontinued only one month later. It received new console cabinets for mid-1933, including this lowboy. Original selling price: $60 Number made: Not available
Original selling price: $70 Number made: 20,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Models 19H, 43H & 47H as well as Fall 1933 Model 18H)
Original selling price: $85 Number made: 5,000 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 47D as well as July 1933 Models 14D, 17D & 18D)
The last Inclined Sounding Board Model 91 is in a cabinet which is very similar to the previous season's Model 15X. Original selling price: $85 Number made: 3,600 (NOTE: Figure includes production of Model 19X)
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