80 years ago today, you could get this 6 tube all wave set for $24.95 at Sears, as advertised in the December 27, 1935, edition of the Milwaukee Journal.  The model number isn’t given, but it appears similar to a Silvertone model 1954.  You can see a restored one in action at this video:

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