WASHINGTONIANS OFFERED 'WORLD RENOWNED' NR-5 FREED-EISEMANN RADIO FOR UNDER $100
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 21, 1925, The Evening Star published a full-page advertisement for Lansburgh and Brothers Radio Store located at 7th to 8th to E here in the Nation's Capital.
The ad describes "the most extraordinary radio sale Washington has ever seen." It highlights "the world renowned" NR-5 Freed-Eisemann* 5 tube neutrodyne** radio set.
The list price of a complete NR-5 set is given as $202 but the sale price is only $99.89. While the radio itself lists at $150, the complete set adds a loudspeaker $12, batteries $23. vacuum tubes $15, and antenna $2.
*Joseph David Roth Freed founded The Radio Manufacturing Company in 1921 & merged with Alexander Eisemann to form The Freed-Eisemann Radio Corporation. The last F-E model found by the Radio Museum was manufactured in 1955.
**neutrodyne radio receiver was invented by Louis Hazeltine in 1922. The neutrodyne circuit was popular in radio receivers until the 1930s when it was replaced by superheteorodyne receivers.
SOURCES
"History of the manufacturer Freed-Eisemann Radio Corp., New York, New York, Radio Museum, www.radiomuseum.org/
"Simply Astounding," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1925, page 21, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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