May 07, 2015 - Sale 2382

Sale 2382 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 3,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CHARLES TURZAK (1899-1986) STEWART - WARNER / WORLD WIDE SHORT WAVE RADIO MAP. Circa 1932.
35 1/4x48 1/2 inches, 89 1/2x123 1/4 cm. Magill-Weinsheimer Co., Chicago.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
Short wave radio usage became wide-spread in the United States in the late 1920s. By the early 1930s Stewart-Warner brought short wave radio to the general American public, with advertisements extolling their "magic dial" in popular publications such as the Saturday Evening Post. This rare map is previously unreferenced. We were unable to locate a single other copy.