Early Radio Workbench Photos
Here are some photographs I have found of early radio workbenches. I have added any information I have available.
If you have any vintage radio workbench photos to add here please contact me.
Hickok Repair Bench - circa 1947 Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.
RCA Workbench - circa 1932 This photo with the RCA logo removed was also used on the cover of the 1933 Supreme Instruments catalog.
Note the Supreme 400B Diagnometer and other test equipment mounted in the wall above the RCA logo. It was quite common in the late 1920s and early 1930's to have the radio test equipment custom built into the service bench.
Photo Source: Radio Servicing Course by Ghirardi and Freed, 1932
Radio Workbench - circa 1935 Notice every piece of test equipment is built in to the back of this workbench.
Photo Source: Modern Radio Servicing by Ghirardi 1935
Photo Source: Atwater Kent Factory Service File - 1931