1947 Meissner Brewster Model 6D

1947AugRSDSeventy-five years ago this month, the August 1947 issue of Radio Service Dealer featured this ad for Meissner radio’s “Brewster” line of radios, from Maguire Industries Incorporated, 936 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago.  The ad showcased the company’s Model 6D, a table set “beautifully styled in rich ivory plastic.”  The set tuned the broadcast band as well as 5.75 – 18 MHz shortwave, and contained five tubes plus rectifier.