[Gene Pederson]

I saw a large Philco shouldered tombstone in a shop recently. It is a multiband radio with hexagonal knobs, 8 tubes and big honkin upright transformer on the left side as you are looking at the back. I could see no model ID on the chassis or on the bottom of the case. $60. If I remember correctly it had four bands. I probably should have grabbed it.

After looking for a week I can't determine exactly what I was looking at. Your thoughts please. Thanks.
OK, Now I understand why "eyewitnesses" don't always have the correct info when an accident or crime occurs.

The set is I believe a 97B, 7tubes, three bands and I already screwed it up.

I have damaged the dial. I have read about not cleaning these and I thought the lettering was on the back of the dial, not the front. I use Q-tips a lot to clean radios. I did the dial and got a lot of what I figure is tobacco smaoke off. It was fine and I should have left it, but did one more pass and took part of the lettering off. It is still usable but with one bad area. Have already checked and no repros for this dial. Color me stupid.
Here are some pics.
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...er/97b.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b1.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b8.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b6.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b9.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345.../97b10.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b5.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b3.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b4.jpg]
[Image: http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345...r/97b2.jpg]
Gene