| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 4756 |  | Details | Bell Telephone | 1938 |
| Early Radiobell Persuasive Sales Advertisement |
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Bell Telephone |
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| 1938 |
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| $200.00 | Bell-Telephone | Early-Radiobell-Persuasive-Sales-Advertisement | Map of Europe ca. 1938 centered on Antwerp. Purpose of the map is to promote the sales of the "Radiobell" brand of radio receivers manufactured by the Bell Telephone Mfg. Co. With television not yet widely available, at time of publication radio was still growing rapidly as a means of mass entertainment and news.
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Contains a list of early European radio broadcasting stations, their location, frequency and power (kilowatts). Radio stations built by Radiobell are designated with a bell-shaped icon.
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"Radiobell" a division of the Bell Telephone Mfg. Co. built radios in Belgium in the 1930' - 1940's.
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Concentric circles at 100km intervals show the distance from Antwerp. Phrase at bottom "Radiobell klaar als een bel" translates to "Radiobell ready as a bell."
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Date is based on the inclusion of Austrian territory within Germany (Duitchland). In 1938 Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and the Sudetenland. |