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Philco Bibliography

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Archival

• Acc. 976 Philco Ford Corporation Publications Collection
  • box 1
    • Product brochures, 1962-1969
    • Product booklets, 1963
    • TechRep Division booklets
    • Miscellaneous service division booklets
  • box 2 Annual Reports, 1940-1960
     
• Acc. 1904 Data Processing Equipment Records
  • box 1 Division equipment purchasing; Philco-Aeronautic (6 folders)
     
• Acc. 1857 Press Release Collection
  • box 36 Philco Corporation, 1961-1962
    
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• Acc. 1727 John M Reinhart Papers
  • box 1 Suppliers; Philco Company, 1971
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• Acc. 19 Advertisement Collection
  • box 147 Philco Corporation--1962; 1966
  • box 156 Philco Corporation--1964
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• Acc. 657 Automotive Non-Ford Advertisements
  • box 10
    • Parts, Batteries, Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Co.), 1923-1924
    • Parts, Radios, Philco, 1936
       
• Acc. 1109 New York Worlds Fair Records Series
  • box 17
    • Philco Corp.
    • Philco Corp. (Sound System Maintenance Proposal)
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• Acc. 1228 Miscellaneous Advertising, 1959-1967
  • box 6 Philco
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• Acc. 247 Henry Ford II Speech Collection
  • box 3 1963 December 17, Philco Distributors’ Meeting
     
• Acc. 1856 Executive Speech Collection
  • box 7 1963 18 May I.A. Duffy, Address to Philco Corporation Consumer Products Division Convention
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• Acc. 506 Mills Edmunds and Nevins and Hill Series
  • box 68 Philco items of interest, 1962
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• Acc. 1835 Ford Listens Records
  • box 6 Philco
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• Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
  • box 32 New Star in the Ford Galaxy (Philco), 1962
  • box 53 What We Do at Philco-Ford. n.d.
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• Acc. 1746 Mel Boldt and Associates Records
  • box 94 Product literature; Philco/Bendix
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• Acc. 74.300.1182 Ford Rotunda Lantern Slides Series
  • box 17 1962 Rotunda Summer Show "Dearborn Holiday" May 24 - September 3, 1962
    • Philco television display (color; Object ID 74.300.1182.6.20)
    • Living room display (color; Object ID 74.300.1182.6.22)
    • Philco kitchen display (3 slides; color; Object IDs 74.300.1182.6.23, 74.300.1182.6.24 and 74.300.1182.6.25)
  • box 18 Seattle Fair 1962, April 21 - October 21; "Meet Yourself in the Space Age on Philco TV" (color; slide number 36)
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• Acc. 189 Photographs for the Company Series
  • neg 14092 Philco cutout, 8-14-1939
  • neg 25968-69 Proposed 1948 Philco radio, 12-16-1946
  • neg 28392-93 Philco radio for Ford car, 1-27-1947
  • neg 28613-15 Philco radio for Ford car, 2-19-1948
  • neg 49424-25 Philco Mopar 1950, 3-20-1950

Trade Catalogs

• Philco Automobile Radio. Philco Sales & Service Company. PB ca. 1933
   
• Wiring Diagrams, Parts Lists and Essential Service Data Philco Home Radio, Auto Radio, 1928-1936 Inclusive, Especially Prepared for Members of Radio Manufacturers Service. Philco Corporation. XPB 1935
   
• New 1938 Philco Auto Radio. Philco Corporation. PB 1938
   
• Philco Quality Radio Parts & Equipment. Philco. PB 1938
   
• Television Trouble Shooting by Philco Presentation of the Course, Lesson 1, Lesson 2. Philco Corporation. PB c1947
   
• Television Trouble Shooting by Philco Lesson 3, Lesson 4. Philco Corporation. PB c1947
   
• Television Trouble Shooting by Philco Lesson 5, Lesson 6. Philco Corporation. PB c1947
   
• Television Trouble Shooting by Philco Lesson 7, Lesson 8. Philco Corporation. PB c1947
   
• Better Idea: Console and Portable TV from Philco - Ford. Philco Ford Corporation. PB ca.1965
   
• Philco Solid State Stereo High Fidelity: From the Philco Mastercraft Collection of Fine Furniture. Philco. PB ca.1965
   
• Cold Guard One Idea Better: Saves Money, Saves Food, Saves Space, Saves Time. Philco Ford Corporation. PB ca.1965
   
• How to Prepare, Freeze, Store and Cook Frozen Foods. Philco Ford Corporation.; Philco Corporation. PB c1967

Periodicals

• Philco Retailer. Ford Motor Company; Philco Corporation. 1972
   
• Philco Focus. Ford Motor Company; Philco Corporation. 1964
   
• Aeronutronic News. Philco-Ford Corporation. Aeronutronic Division. 1960

Vertical File

• Philco

Books

• Philco Radio Atlas of the World. Philco Corporation
     621.384151 P545 1935 OS
   
• Philco, Autobiography of Progress. William Balderston 
     369 N541 1954 no. 461
   
• The Philco Corporation: Historical Review and Strategic Analysis. John Paul Wolkonowicz
     683.8 W862 1981 OS
   
• Philco Radio, 1928-1942: A Pictorial History of the World's Most Popular Radios. Ron Ramirez, Michael Prosise
     621.384 P545 R173 2006