I think mine was a Philco, Jerry. People used to give me their old radios to fix and keep, and this one was a beauty. I got this one when I was about eleven, in about 1959. It had a wooden case with a blonde finish, and one of those wooden roller doors that slid down to cover the controls. I'm guessing it was a foot wide, eight inches high, and 4 inches deep. This Goodgle Search should lead you to a photo - it was a model 46-350. That was quite a thrill just now - to search for philco portable tube and see a picture of MY radio. I was so proud of that radio. This search will lead to more 46-350 photos, and RadioMuseum.org has a great page on this model. Looks like they sell for about $25 on eBay nowadays, so it's certainly not priceless.

I cleaned it up and replaced the bad tubes and got it working, but I never could afford the big 90-volt battery it needed to be truly portable. I have to admit I didn't use it very often - I preferred my big, macho Zenith with the shortwave band.

I coveted my uncle's table-model Grundig-Majestic with all the shortwave and police and weather bands and whatnot, but he never caught on that it would make his nephew deleriously happy to have such a thing. It was kind of like this one but I can't remember it exactly.

-Joe-