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Over decades the organization published regularly catalogs. Here we bring them together and note some specialities. You find also descriptions on the Lafayette history and our struggle getting solid facts for it - title: "Lafayette or Radio Lafayette, the brand and its origin"..
I can naturally only list what I have and describe catalogs for which we loaded up.
This is an ongoing process! Some entries are at the moment only notes for me.
I need information about catalogs from the 1920s - guests can use the contact form to reach me. We are thankful for any information. What we know about the early catalogs up to WW2 is here:
The measurements are made with examples which I bought but which sometimes have been cut on the edges. They may be a bit bigger.
I miss all catalogs before! Maybe there are none?
Normally the catalogs we list for a saison (like 1939/40 etc.) are the yearly master catalogs which arrive early enough for late autumn and Christmas buying, later often followed by not so complete Christmas catalogs which are also products released and sold in "the old year", not only in the given one!).
Lafayette Catalog 1930 for season 1929/30
96 pages, size 27 x 20 cm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, but not pictures.
Up to now, this is the only catalog with a name of a person: J. W. Shortland, Mgr. (incl. photo).
The top model, Duo-Symphonic, is a chassis C or DG from Wells-Gardner - still a Neutrodyne, but the other two chassis are state of the art with screen grid tubes 224, released in April 1929 by RCA. All 25 main radio offers use one of these 3 chassis. By the way: Wells-Gardner was aquired by Gulbransen in this year but the name was kept as a division of Gulbransen.
There was probably also a Lafayette Catalog 1930 Spring-Summer - I miss it.
Lafayette Catalog 1931 for season 1930/31
128 pages, size 255 x 200 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, L-pictures up.
Lafayette Radio Catalog 1931 "Bigger Profits" = 1931
32 pages, size 287 x 210 mm. Copyright 1931.
What is done?: Picture at company page. Models listed in the post.
Lafayette Catalog 1931 Spring-Summer = 1931
48 pages, size 28 x 21 cm. Copyright 1931.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, L-pictures up.
Lafayette Radio Catalog 1932, 10th Anniversary for season 1931/32
144 pages, size 29 x 21 cm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. All L-Models up, All L-pictures up.
Lafayette Catalog 1932 Spring-Summer = 1932
100 pages (26 x 18 cm)
What is done?: Picture at company page. Models listed in the post.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 53, 1933 for season 1932/33
136 pages, size 26 x 21 cm. Copyright 1932.
This is the first Lafayette catalog I know which shows a number!
Top models are with chasssis L-1 De Luxe - sensitivity under 1 microvolt per meter.
We show here the first appearances of Lafayette radios in Rider's Perpetual - which started under "Wholesale". The "Radio Collector's Guide 1921-1932" did also list under "Wholesale", starting with year 1929. "The Radio Trade Directory", Aug. 1925 names two companies for Lafayette: Kor-Rad. Co and Mississsippi Radio Co.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, ONLY some L-pictures up. Spare catalog here! Generally: Schematics not duplicated to the models.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 54, Spring 1933 = 1933
152 pages (257 x 180 mm).
What is done?: Picture at company page. Models listed in this catalog page - maybe all of them came from different catalogs and here are only price reductions.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 55, 1934 for season 1933/34
160 pages, size (cut) 256 mm x 180 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. ALL Models up, ALL L-pictures and some misc. product pictures up.
Supplement C to catalog no. 55 (Newark Branch only)
80 pages (260 x 178 mm). See description on the bottom of the post for catalog no. 55.
What is done?: Picture at company page and in the post for catalog 55 with the listed models.
Generally I miss supplements not listed here or any information about them.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 56 1935 for season 1934/35
192 pages, size (cut) 252 x 180 mm. Copyright 1934.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, nearly all L-pictures up. Spare catalog here!
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 57, Spring+Summer 1935 = 1935
128 pages, size 255 x 180 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. ALL Models up, L-pictures up. But there are no 1935 "alone" models. Karlheinz Fischer has the spare catalog and is working on it.
I miss catalog no. 58.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 59, 1936 for season 1935/36
192 pages, size 257 x 180 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. L-Models up, All L-pictures up.
I have still to clear many things.
We believe that Lafayette flagships, models C-95, C-96 and C-97 are from "Radio Wire Television". It is the first and only family with a Magic Eye for that season. There are many open links in this thread which I have to clear. For instance Lafayette B-21 All-Wave Radio Robot is probably from Wells-Gardner - and also used by Montgomery Ward. A price comparison would be nice.
I miss no. 60, 61 and 62.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 63 Spring 1936 = 1936
64 pages, size (cut) 258 x 177 mm. Copyright 1936.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss no. 64.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 65, 1937 for season 1936/37
152 pages, size 256 x 180 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. Only a few models up.
I sent the spare catalog to John Koster, Netherlands on 14th Novembber 2009.
I miss no. 66 and 67.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 68, Spring/Summer 1937 = 1937
112 pages, size 255 x 175 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. Vitor Oliveira has introduced many or all L-models, Franz Scharner has one of the two spare catalogs and works on it.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 69, 1938 for season 1937/38
176 pages, size 257 x 180 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page. The member Vitor Oliveira, Portugal has introduced the models from his own catalog in 2006. Therefore we will have to change 1938 to season 1937/38, enter a selected catalog plus individual text (without page number) and enter a link to here in the notes. Manually we will have to change some of the model names. Spare Catalog here!
I miss no. 70.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 71 Spring 1938 = 1938
80 pages, zize 255 x 175 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss no. 72.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 73, 1939 for season 1938/39
184 pages, size (cut) 253 x 177 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
Felix Schaffhauser, Switzerland, is starting to add the models and pictures for this catalog.
October 29, 2009 he received the spare catalog.
I miss no. 74.
Lafayette gift catalog no. 75, 1939 = 1938/39
64 pages, size 255 x 180 mm. Copyright 1938 - for Christmas sales!
Content: Mainly Lionel trains with gauge "0" and "00", some educational and entertaining toys, household appliances, electric clocks, cameras - projectors - and all what is needed to produce or look at (26 pages!), record players (page 51). Radios are on the last pages, 52 to 64 and on page 24 one finds the auto radios D-6 and M-94, Hallicrafters Sky-Buddy (K21094) and "Beginner's All-Wave Kits K10356, K10357 and K10358.
What is done?: Picture at company page. For introducing models we first check if the models have been offered before. See text in the catalog page, where we have listed all models. Spare catalog went to John Koster, 14 November 2009.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 76, Spring & Summer 1939 = 1939
184 pages, size 256 x 180 mm. Copyright 1939.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss catalog no. 77.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 78, 1940 for season 1939/40
184 pages, size 256 x 177 mm.
This is the first catalog (except perhaps no. 77) with the company name "Radio Wire Television Inc." followed below by "formerly Wholesale Radio Service Co., Inc.". On page 2 and 3 is a longer text - saying nothing really, but ending with "Radio Wire Television Inc. is licensed by arrangement with Electrical Research Products, Inc. under the patents of Western Electric Company, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. and American Telephone and Telegraph Company.". See the link above and the company/brand page.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss catalog no. 79
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 80, Spring-Summer 1940 = 1940
120 pages, size 257 x 178 mm. Copyright 1940.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss the catalogs no. 81.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 82, 1941 for season 1940/41
192 pages, size 256 x 180 mm. Copyright 1941 which is strange because the Christmas catalog 1941 for 1940 followed ... Well, the trick was to be able to call it "20th Anniversary Catalog".
What is done?: Picture at company page.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 83 Gift Guide 1940
40 pages, size 257 x 178 mm.
What is done?: Picture at company page.
I miss catalog no. 84 and 85
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 86 - 1941-2
48 pages, size 280 x 212 mm (bigger than others!).
What is done?: Picture at company page. Models listed in the post.
Lafayette Radio Catalog no. 87, 1942
128 pages, size 255 x 180 mm. Copyright 1942.
What is done?: Picture at company page. Models listed in the post.
This catalog ends the pre WW2 period. Catalog no. 88 is copyrighted 1947 and shows cut out daily news from after the war.
Special remarks for models where we can find out the manufacturer:
Lafayette C-34 is model Garod 3790. See also no. 379
Lafayette CC-98 is model Garod 939. See also different models for CC-98.
This article was edited
14.Nov.09 09:15 by
Ernst Erb .
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