Once upon a time, not all that long ago, the Temple Corporation created this charming little 1929 catalog to advertise its line of radio consoles. The company was established in Chicago in 1927, when it acquired the business and assets of the Chicago Signal Company's radio division.
Alas, the manufacturer did not live happily ever after. The Chicago company, which had only just recently established a Canadian office in Toronto, went bankrupt in 1930 after the cataclysmic 1929 crash of the stock market that would fuel the Great Depression.
Despite efforts to market a table model console in 1931, the company ceased production by 1932 and vacated its headquarters on the southeast corner of West 64th Street and South Lavergne Avenue by 1933.
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