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Chapter 1

1 Prosise, Michael, letter to author, October 2003, from material housed in the Ford
Industrial Archives. It was not previously known that Thomas Spencer had a brother
associated with the early Spencer Company.
2 Ibid.
3 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 6.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Philadelphia City Directory, 1905.
7 Balderston, William. Philco: Autobiography of Progress. Newcomen Society,
Philadelphia, 1954, p. 9.
8 Philadelphia City Directory, 1905. In this directory Thomas Spencer is listed as an
“electrical engineer,” but his name is not listed under the Helios Manufacturing
Company. Only Frank S. Marr is listed under Helios, as the firm’s “manager.”
9 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 7.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid., p. 8.
12 Ibid.
13 Altgelt, Carlos A. “We In Multimedia Are All Philco’s Grandchildren,”
www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/philco.htm
14 Ibid.
15 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 8.
16 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 78.
17 Ibid.
18 Philadelphia City Directory, 1919.
19 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 164.
20 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 121.
21 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 164.
22 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 8.
23 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 78.
24 Philco News (United Kingdom), March 1936, p. 20.
25 Philadelphia City Directory, 1915.
26 Philadelphia City Directory, 1919. Previous company histories have only listed Skinner
as “general manager” of Philco from 1919 to 1930; however, in the city directory’s 1919
listing of officers of the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, Skinner is listed as “Vice
President.”
27 Altgelt, Carlos A. “We In Multimedia Are All Philco’s Grandchildren,”
www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/philco.htm
28 Balderston, William. Philco: Autobiography of Progress. Newcomen Society,
Philadelphia, 1954, p. 9.
29 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 9.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid.
32 Philadelphia Storage Battery Company. Manual for Selling Radio Storage Batteries.
Philadelphia, 1923, pp. 3-4.
33 Ibid.
34 Ibid., p. 29.
35 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 10.

Chapter 2

1 Holland, Walter E. Socket-Powered Radio. Philadelphia Storage Battery Company,
Philadelphia, 1927, p. 1.
2 Ibid., p. 5.
3 Ibid., p. 4.
4 Ibid., pp. 3-4.
5 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 10.
6 Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, letter to dealers, July 20, 1927.
7 Ibid.
8 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 10.
9 Ibid., p. 17.
10 Prosise, Michael. 1928 – Birth Of The Philco Radio. Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club,
1992.
11 Ibid.
12 Holland, Walter E. Socket-Powered Radio. Philadelphia Storage Battery Company,
Philadelphia, 1927.
13 Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, letter to prospective radio dealers, April 17,
1928.
14 Prosise, Michael. 1928 – Birth Of The Philco Radio. Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club,
1992.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 99.
19 Ibid., p. 19.
20 Ibid., p. 19.
21 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 164.
22 Ibid.
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid., p. 76.
25 Ibid.
26 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 20.
27 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 76.
28 Ibid., p. 77.
29 Ibid.

Chapter 3

1 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 166.
2 Ibid., p. 24.
3 Philco News, November 1930, p. 5.
4 Ibid.
5 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 78.
6 Philadelphia Bulletin, September 14, 1961.
7 Ibid., p. 79.
8 Ibid., p. 168.
9 Schatzkin, Paul. The Farnsworth Chronicles, www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-part06.html
10 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 168.
11 Ibid.
12 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, pp.
29-30.
13 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 168.
14 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, pp.
31-32.
15 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 120.
16 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, pp.
32-33.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 170.
21 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 41.
22 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 173.
23 Ibid., p. 170.
24 Ibid., p. 173.
25 Patterson, Donald. “David Grimes.” Radio Age, May 1985, p. 3.
26 Ibid.
27 Philco News (United Kingdom), February 1935, pp. 5, 12-13.
28 Philco News (United Kingdom), April 1935, p. 17.
29 Philco News (United Kingdom), August 1935, pp. 4, 8.
30 “WPTZ – Philco’s Pioneer Television Station.” Philco Service, September, 1950, p. 2.
31 Ibid.
32 Philco News (United Kingdom), March 1936, p. 20.
33 “Philco v. RCA.” Time magazine, August 17, 1936, p. 64.
34 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 41.
35 “Philco v. RCA.” Time magazine, August 17, 1936, p. 64.
36 Sibberson, Ernst. Philco Simplex Radio History,
www.firelandsradios.com/Philco/index.htm .
37 Philco Corporation 51st annual report, March 1943.
38 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 118.
39 “Television, When?” The Etude Music Magazine, June 1937, pp. 359-360.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid.
44 Philco Serviceman, May 1938, p. 1.
45 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 49.
46 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, pp. 118-119.
47 Patterson, Donald. “Philco’s Model Shop.” Radio Age, August 1993, p. 2.
48 Ibid.
49 Ibid.
50 Ibid.

Chapter 4

1 Philco Radio & Television Corporation, 1939 dealer catalog. Philadelphia, 1938.
2 Ibid.
3 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 119.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid., p. 118.
7 Ibid., p. 120.
8 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. xx.
9 Business Week, June 28, 1958, p. 46.
10 “WPTZ – Philco’s Pioneer Television Station.” Philco Service, September 1950, p. 2.
11 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 119.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 2.
15 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, pp. 120-121.
16 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 53.
17 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 119.
18 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 53.
19 Radiobar Company of America, brochure, 1937.
20 “WPTZ – Philco’s Pioneer Television Station.” Philco Service, September 1950, p. 2.
21 Ibid.
22 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 53.
23 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 2.
24 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p.
117.
25 Ibid.
26 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 118.
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 “WPTZ – Philco’s Pioneer Television Station.” Philco Service, September 1950, pp. 2, 6.
30 Ibid.
31 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 55.
32 “New Lines Pace Philco Growth.” Business Week, April 9, 1949, p. 56.
33 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 232.
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 Ibid.
37 Ibid.
38 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 2.
39 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 238.
40 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 6.
41 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 234.
42 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 3.
43 Ibid., p. 6.
44 Ibid., p. 2.
45 Ibid., p. 3.
46 Ibid., p. 7.
47 “WPTZ – Philco’s Pioneer Television Station.” Philco Service, September 1950, p. 6.
48 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 241.
49 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 57.
50 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 236.
51 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 57.
52 Philco Corporation, 1942 annual report, March 27, 1943, p. 5.

Chapter 5

1 Philco Service Bulletins, various issues, 1931-32.
2 Philco Serviceman, July 1933.
3 Schwark, Chuck. A Brief History of Philco’s Service Organizations, unpublished.
4 Philco Serviceman, October 1934, p. 1.
5 Ibid.

Chapter 6

1 Radiobar brochure, 1937.
2 Okolowicz, John. Earnest J. Krause and the Radiobar Co., revised, 2005.
3 Ibid.
4 Phonograph with Philco brochure, 1937.
5 Okolowicz, John. Earnest J. Krause and the Radiobar Co., revised, 2005.
6 Singing Fireside, Columbia Mantel Co. brochure, 1932.
7 www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1928.html
8 Philco Serviceman, April 1938, p. 3.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Philco Serviceman, May 1938, p. 4.
12 Ibid.

Chapter 7

1 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 116.
2 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 78.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Philco Serviceman, December 1935.
7 “1,250,000 Out Of 4,200,000 U.S. Radios.” Fortune magazine, February 1935, p. 78.
8 Ibid., p. 79.
9 Ibid.
10 Business Week, April 9, 1949, p. 6.
11 Ibid.
12 “New Lines Pace Philco Growth.” Business Week, April 9, 1949, p. 54.
13 Scott Carmine (grandson of James T. Carmine), correspondence with author, April 2001.
14 Ibid.
15 “Radio, Refrigerators and Radar.” Fortune magazine, November 1944, p. 118.
16 Scott Carmine, correspondence with author, April 2001.
17 Ibid.
18 Wolkonowicz, John P. The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic
Analysis, 1892-1961. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981, p. 78.
19 Time, August 22, 1938.
20 Time, August 24, 1942.
21 Patterson, Donald. “David Grimes – Part I.” Radio Age, April 1985, p. 1.
22 Ibid.
23 Patterson, Donald. “David Grimes – Part II.” Radio Age, May 1985, pp. 1-2.
24 Ibid., p. 3.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.

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