1940 was one of those times when people dressed up to listen to the radio, especially if the radio came from Admiral. This two-page spread from the January 1940 issue of Radio Retailing
shows that company’s offerings in table radios, including both broadcast sets, and also two-band sets covering the short waves.

Broadcast sets started for only $9.95, and a shortwave set would set you back only $12.95. Most sets offer “television sound,” meaning only that they had an audio input jack on the back that could supposedly be hooked to a future television. All of the sets tuned up to 1730 kHz on the AM dial, meaning that they could pick up many police calls.

Shown in the ad are Admiral models 13-C5, 14-C5, 20-A6, 21-A6, 22A-6, 23-A6, 15-B5, 17-B5, 18-B5, 396-6M, 397-6M, 398-6M, 399-6M, and 25-Q5.