Ninety years ago, Chicago Boy Scouts were busy learning how to hook up and operate the Mohawk radio receiver shown here in this photo from the June 1925 issue of Radio Broadcast.  These scouts had been selected by the Chicago Tribune to distribute the sets to blind persons and instruct the new owners on the sets’ operation.

According to the newspaper’s March 15, 1925, issue, the sets were five-tube models and were distributed to persons whose names were submitted by the Council of Social Agencies.

The set appears to be the Mohawk Model A5, a TRF containing five UX201A tubes.

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