1940's Advertising-Hallicrafters S-40A Traditional Cache
1940's Advertising-Hallicrafters S-40A
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A series dedicated to 1940's advertising. Each cache is a look back
at how the media portraid common products, some good, some bad. All
of the locations will have something in common.
Taken from old magazines I found at my grandpas house from
1947.
William J. Halligan founded his own radio manufacturer in Chicago in
late 1932. Prior to this, he had been involved in radio parts sales
for some years but decided that the time was right for a
handcrafted amateur radio receiver - the company name being a
portmanteau of Halli(gan) and (hand)crafters.
The fledgling company was located at 417 State Street and
immediately ran into patent difficulties when RCA decided to sue
them for building radio sets without an RCA patent license. An
opportunity came to purchase the concern of Silver-Marshall Inc. in
1933 and, with it, an RCA patent license as the most valuable
asset.
By 1938, Hallicrafters were doing business in eighty-nine countries
and were considered to manufacture the most popular sets in the
USA. That year, the move was made into the production of radio
transmitters. With the outbreak of World War II, the company geared
up for wartime production, and was responsible for many new designs
and innovations for use by the US Armed Services, probably the
best-known were the HT-4/BC-610 and related equipment used in the
military SCR-299 communications package. The company employed 2,500 people.
The name and assets of Hallicrafters were traded over the following
years, even though there were no products bearing the name. Since
around 1988, the remaining assets and rights to the 'Hallicrafters'
name & logos have been held by court-appointed trustees.
The company and products are no longer available.
Additional Hints
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