OK when was this built

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A unit identical to this is in the Ward County Historical Society house.
I got a chance to look at it in detail

It has a Voice of Music changer with 3 speeds, 33 45 and 78. I immediately noticed the Civil Defense at 64 and 1240.
The earliest that could have been is late 1951 according to Wikipedia.
The changer is Voice of Music, and the book describing it was with the machine

The lady taking care of the museum knew nothing about 640 and 1240 and CD. She wondered if that meant Compact Disc LOL
The photo I am showing here is from an identical unit that sold on Etsy in 2012. That description said just "1950s".
My best point guess is 1954. 640 and 1240 ended in 1963. The unit is mono.

They also have a little add on VM changer as a separate unit, and a what I think was a late 1930s Wards Airline console radio without a record player. The lady wondered what the separate changer was for. I said if you bought a radio like the Airline that did not have a changer you bought the VM as an add-on. That changer was mono with a single RCA type plug, and I'm guessing early 50s on that too.

My parents had an Airline radio dating from 1949 with a record changer. That has an FM band. The museum one was art deco, unlike my parents, and looked a lot like the classic Zenith art deco from that period.It had a Shortwave band but no FM which also tells me older than 1949. I'm dating that to late 1930s but am open for comment on that too. I explained to the lady that if it said Airline it came from Montgomery Ward.

THey also have a Philco console in mid century contemporary. That has a built in record changer.

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Topic - OK when was this built - DavidLD 08:32:33 07/24/15 (6)

RE: OK when was this built - Fisherfan 16:18:45 07/24/15 (1)

RE: OK when was this built - DavidLD 16:58:07 07/24/15 (0)

RE: OK when was this built - DaveV 09:49:31 07/24/15 (2)

can't be that early - DavidLD 10:08:52 07/24/15 (1)

RE: can't be that early - BCR 12:56:35 07/24/15 (0)

The photo - DavidLD 08:34:37 07/24/15 (0)

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