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Kennedy Co., Colin B.; San Francisco & St.Louis

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Name: Kennedy Co., Colin B.; San Francisco & St.Louis    (USA)  
alternative name:
Colin B. Kennedy Corp.
Brand: Globe Trotter
Abbreviation: kennedy
Products: Model types
Summary:

The Colin B. Kennedy Co., Inc., Rialto Building, San Francisco, California & Saint Louis, Missouri.
In the May 1925 issue of The Radio Trade Directory under the section for manufacturers of Loud Speakers on page 122, the Colin B. Kennedy Corporation was located at 6400 Plymouth Avenue in Saint Louis, Missouri. This company was listed as the sole selling agents for the Colin B. Kennedy Company, Saint Louis.

Trade names Comet, Coronet, Globe Trotter, Kennedy, Royal. A Studebaker company.
Kennedy Corporation, Colin B.; South Bend, Indiana, USA: Tochterges. des Studebaker-Konzerns [3331423]; Generalvertretung Schweiz: R. Eichenberger, Zürich.
Founded: 1919
History:

Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
USA  31 Imperial 35  [3331441-1229B] 
USA  32 66-A 224    
USA  32 63 Cosmopolitan 57   
USA  30/31 Coronet 1142 224  in [3331243Sch] falsches Bild! - siehe [3331441B] 
USA  30/31 44 224  Export model (Europe). 
USA  31 48K 24  Phono-Radio [3331441-1229B] 
USA  31 50 51  [3331441-1229B] 
USA  31 52 51   
USA  29 26 UY224  chassis 26 is used for the following models: 426, 526, 726, 726A, 726B, 826, 826A, 826B, ... 
USA  29 34 Short Wave Unit 24   
USA  31 54-SW 24  Three SW bands: 15-32 m, 30-90 m, 80-200 m. 
USA  32 563-A Ch= 63-A 57   
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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Firmen-Logo: Kennedy USA um 1929tbn_usa_kennedy_1929_firmenlogo.jpg
Radio News for October 1925, page 505tbn_usa_kennedy_advert.jpg
Circa 1929 Kennedy advertising brochuretbn_usa_kennedy_1929brochure_1.jpg
Circa 1929 Kennedy advertising brochuretbn_usa_kennedy_1929brochure_2.jpg
Circa 1929 Kennedy advertising brochuretbn_usa_kennedy_1929brochure_3.jpg
Radio Broadcast 1923tbn_usa_kennedy.jpg
Advert ~1923tbn_us_kennedy_advert.jpg
August 1922, Electrical Record magazine announcement of the Wagner Electric Co. acquiring an interest in the Colin B. Kennedy Company and turning over their 6 story factory in St. Louis to Kennedy.tbn_usa_kennedy_wagner_announcement_august1922_electrical_record_page_122.jpg
  
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