This is a Zenith TransOceanic made in 1956, I believe. I was told every collector has to have at least one of these, so here's mine. This piece is in the museum.

This Silvertone multiband radio was a competitor to the Zenith above, although not as elaborate. It's a model 8224. Silvertone did make a more elaborate one called the Wayfarer. I don't have on of those, yet.

This is a Silvertone model 800 transistor portable battery set from the 60's. The case on this is mint. This radio is in the museum.

This is an RCA. I can't find any numbers at all on it. It's very small and runs on ac and batteries.

This is a Sentinel ac and battery portable radio from 1946. This radio's tuner has great sensitivity and sounds terrific. I have two of these. One is in the museum.

This is a vary rare Sky Chief Esquire from 1940. From what I can find, there were just 3 models made by Sky Chief and all were the same, just with updates, and all were made in 1940. This is an ac and battery portable set. This radio is in the museum.

This is a midget size Silvertone model 8003 made in 1948. It's made with a painted metal cabinet. It was a bargain basement model, but is popular now.

Wow! The condition of this Silvertone model 8270A is almost mint. It was made in 1949 and is a mostly metal cabinet with possibly bakelite side panels. My aunt had one of these and we used to carry it to the lake. It's a great sounding AC/DC set with a very sensitive tuner. I love this one.

This Silvertone model 3203 has a metal cabinet. It's an AC/DC portable set that was made in the mid 1940's. This one works well, but needs some cabinet work.

Here's another AC/DC portable my Silvertone. This is model 6861 and has a covered wood cabinet.

Here's an early portable AC/DC Silvertone model 7083 made about 1942. This one needs some restoration. I haven't got to it yet.

This is about a 1950 Silvertone model 225 portable AC/DC radio. This radio has a really good sensitive tuner and sounds pretty nice for a portable. This is my take with me radio.

And now for something completely different. This is a Radio Owl. It's a timer that turns off a radio after a certain time determined by how far down you push the owl. It goes up to two hours. So, you push it down anywhere from 1/2 to 2 hours and it slowly goes up. When it reaches the top, the radio will shut off. It's quite heavy and I have no idea when it was made. Ya, mine is missing an eye, poor guy.

This is the little brother to the big owl above. This one isn't a timer, but rather just a remote switch. This plugs into the wall and the radio plugs into it, just like the one above, but you have to turn the owl on and off with the switch on the back.

The picture below is of the owl family together.