Catalog Archive
Auction 180, Lot 132

"[Lot of 2] Radio Map of the Columbia Broadcasting Stations in the United States and Canada [and] Radio Tours Radio Stations Map of the United States Canada and Mexico Showing at a Glance Location, Call Letters and Frequency of All Stations",

Subject: United States, Radio

Period: 1933-35 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
See Description
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

A. Radio Map of the Columbia Broadcasting Stations in the United States and Canada, by C.F. Weber & Co., circa 1935 (19.6 x 12.4"). This playful map of the Columbia Broadcasting system identifies radio stations by their call letters. Features illustrations, some rather stereotypical, throughout. Only one past sale record and one institutional example located on OCLC.

B. Radio Tours Radio Stations Map of the United States Canada and Mexico Showing at a Glance Location, Call Letters and Frequency of All Stations, by RCA Radiotron Company, Inc., dated 1933 (25.7 x 17.8"). This map shows radio stations throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It also challenges listeners to reach as many stations as they can, resulting in "more excitement on the radio than you ever dreamed.” Includes both a call letter index and an index based upon band. The verso has descriptions by state of what’s available on the radio and a collage of radio celebrities by Viale with a legend identifying each. Self-folding into pictorial wrappers (4.5 x 9.3").

References: Rumsey #12079.

Condition: A

Clean and bright, issued folding.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2020

Archived