Hi guys! First time posting in r/AskHistorians, don't know if this is the correct subreddit...One of my friend has this in his granmom's basement. We don't know the history behind this radio, i suppose wss fabricated 40 years ago circa. Anyone knows this radio? I'm from Italy, Sicily. I guess this object came here trough WW2? P.S. Sorry for my english, i'm not a native english speaker
Direct link to pic added: https://imgur.com/jVzalxW
Probably not the correct subreddit. But Merry Christmas anyway. It's pre-war, or I guess in between the wars. Made under licensed patents owned by the US Navy, but sold on the open market.
Google leads to lots of information on this. (You should look there before asking on this subreddit.)
Searching for "Model: 2T5 - Beacon Radio Mfg. Co. Trinity" let to lots of information, including from this page ( http://antiqueradios.com/forums//viewtopic.php?f=1&t=214073 )
Trinity Radios by 'Beacon Radio Mfg. Co. Inc.' were a early effort in Radio Manufacturing by Isidor Goldberg. The firm probably lasted slightly less than a year and was gone by January of 1927.
Goldberg would go on to found other companies, in particular the 'Pilot Electrical Manufacturing Co.' that would become famous for their wide range of kit-sets and component parts.
(Information from vol 2 of Alan Douglas' "Radio Manufacturers Of The 1920's." - - -pages 238-241.)