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King Manufacturing Corp.; Buffalo

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Name: King Manufacturing Corp.; Buffalo    (USA)  
alternative name:
King Quality Products || King-Buffalo Inc. || King-Hinners Radio Co.
Abbreviation: kingmanuf
Products: Model types
Summary:

King Manufacturing Corp.; Buffalo, New York - Trade names Imperial, King, Monarch, Royal.

King produced also for Sears under the name Silvertone, but the radios still got labelled King-Hinners.
Another brand to sell radios was Adler-Royal.

Founded: 1924
History:
The company changed its name several times:
1925: King Quality Products
1926: King-Hinners Radio Co.
1926-27. King-Buffalo, Inc.
1927-30: King Mfg.Corp.
absorbed by Colonial Radio Corporation.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
USA  25 Neutrodyne [Table model] UV201A   
USA  25 Neutrodyne [Console] UV201A   
USA  29 Monarch (Monark) 101 [table] 24  Radio Collector`s Guide 1921-1932 calls it "Monark", obviously a typo. In Slusser (7) is i... 
USA  26 10K1 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  30 KI 10KI    
USA  26 10SK UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  30 218 24  One dial (primary tuning control knob) 
USA  26 25S UX201A  The King Hinners Neutrodyne model 25S is a battery operated 5 tube BC band receiver.&nb... 
USA  25 30 UV201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) . Wood, low rectangular case, slanted 3 dial fr... 
USA  26 40 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) 
USA  25 5    
USA  26 61 UX201A  Three dials (primary tuning control knobs) . Two-tone wood, low rectangular case. 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Ad - models: 25c, 30, 30stbn_us_king_25c_30_30s_adv.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 201.tbn_rr_june27_p201_ad_kingman.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 208.tbn_rr_june27_p208_ad_king_manuf.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 209.tbn_rr_june27_p209_ad_king_manuf.jpg
King radios were sold in Australia. Advertisement from “The Chronicle”, South Australia, January 12, 1929.tbn_aus_king_ad_1929.jpg
King radios were sold in Australia. Advertisement from “The News”, South Australia, August 12, 1929.tbn_aus_king_neutrodyne_ad_1929.jpg

  

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