The AM Forum

I could not resis posting this. I was testing our a new turntable and decided to mount my old Pickering V15/ATE-3 cartridge. Still sound quite good for its age. Purchased it in 1970 form Lafayette Electronics in Newark, NJ. Today, it's a parking lot!

Page 170 starts all the amateur gear - looks like a list of what you can find at your next hamfest!

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Consumer/Allied-1970.pdf

I believe one can find a late 30s or 1940 Sears Roebuck catalog online either on world radio history or archive.org that includes a HUGE amateur radio section along with consumer radios, audio equipment, and what would now be called “pro audio” stuff.  I was not aware that all of the major ham radio manufacturers marketed through the Sears “wish book”.

Still have several good working Pickering cartridges including one with a Shibata stylus for my CD-4 vinyl.

Filled in at the Lafayette Central Ave., Newark store several times. One of the original stores. One of the three Union stores that Lafayette had. When approaching a potential customer on the floor, hi-fi room, amateur radio/cb section, as a non-union person, I had to get permission from the salesperson handing that area of products. If I made the sale, the credit would go to the salesperson handling that area. The same situation also prevailed at the New York (Union Square store -former 100 6th ave. store) where I worked part-time Thursday and Friday nights when I was going to school in NYC during the day.

A real step back; Lafayette catalogs from the 20's through their last one in 1979:
https://worldradiohistory.com/Lafayette_Catalogs.htm
Besides the large main catalog each year, we also issued quarterly catalogs on a regular basis starting roughly in the early 50's.