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- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The WKAR-TV studio during a public broadcasting fundraiser, likely the first "23 Great TV Auction" held in April of 1978 which featured a televised live auction. Several celebrity auctioneers volunteered as hosts, and promotions from many area businesses were auctioned to raise funds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Majestic Radio "trackless train" on a city street in Lansing. This car made many promotional stops in Lansing in the 1930s, hosted by area dealers of their radios. Gift of Mrs. Gordon Cramer.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- A display of floor models of RCA Victor radios. The display stands in a larger convention hall or ballroom.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The Majestic radio was photographed down in the mines about 50 to 100 ft. and ¾ of a mile back in the mine, using a four foot aerial and there was good reception from stations in Chicago, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas. Six men in suits and topcoats are posed behind the radio. The man on the far right is identified as Ted Geistart. Two men in work clothes are kneeling on either side of the radio, one holding a small lamp. A sign on top of the radio says “This is a Majestic Electric Radio”. Behind the men is a rail car filled with broken rock.
- Date Created:
- 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- The WKAR-TV studio during a public broadcasting fundraiser, likely the first "23 Great TV Auction" held in April of 1978 which featured a televised live auction. Several celebrity auctioneers volunteered as hosts, and promotions from many area businesses were auctioned to raise funds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The Majestic Radio "trackless train" on a city street in Lansing. This car made many promotional stops in Lansing in the 1930s, hosted by area dealers of their radios. Gift of Mrs. Gordon Cramer.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- A broader view of the exhibit of eighteen RCA Victor radios, floor models and table top radios from the 1930s, and includes the advertising cardboard cutout of the RCA Victor drum majorette.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Williams Magnavox located at 1447 Lake Drive SE in the Eastown neighborhood, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Formerly part of the Berger Chevrolet dealership, the building now houses the Eastown branch of the U.S. Postal Service.
- Date Created:
- 1967-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The exhibit booth for Van's Radio Sales and Service at the auto show. Show are floor radio consoles, table top radios, and Zenith Arm Chair Radios. Also shown are Leonard Refrigerators, Maytag Washers, and Sunbeam Mix Masters.
- Date Created:
- 1937-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
