After a while collecting old radios and televisions, you will find there's
a whole world of possibility collecting associated goodies. There are
of course the service manuals – these are invaluable to any serious
restorer/collector but may be hard to come by (if you need Murphy service
information drop me an e-mail, I've a useful selection). The material I've
christened 'Murphy-bilia' is mainly sales literature and operators handbooks. In this section I present a selection of such material that I've collected over the years. WARNING: All the images in this section are quite large, they are intended to be printed, not viewed. N.B. Don't just press the print button on your web browser. When have you ever known that to reproduce a web-page exactly? No, save the files to your hard-disk and print them using a graphics program. You won't be disappointed. All the main images are scanned at 100dpi (or greater) resolution. |
Some adverts for B4 & A3 models from contemporary Magazines. Frank Murphy with his pipe… Get your free copy of "Making Wireless Simple". |
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1932 Sales leaflet for B4 & A3A models. |
The Murphy catalogue for 1933. This catalogue cover the A4, D4, B5 & A8. |
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Two Murphy catalogues for 1934. Frank Murphy with his inevitable pipe… These catlogues cover A24,D24 & B24. |
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A free wavelength chart provided by Your Murphy Dealer, "Swallow's of Richmond" (that's Richmond North Yorkshire). It covers the '24 range of receivers so dates from 1934/5. |
The Murphy catalogue for 1935. This catalogue covers the complete range of '26' models – including B25. |
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Some Dealer price display cards from 1936.
A30RG Display card. 185k B23 Display card. 207k |
A nice catalogue covering the 1937 range of radios. Models covered:-
1937 Catalogue. 3573k |
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Frank Murphy left the company in 1937 – E.J.Power was
the man in charge – so there's not a pipe to be seen in this leaflet. Models covered:-
Back. 647k |
The consumer electronics was as faddy in 1938 as it is today. The big idea then was 'Push Buttons'. This booklet was written by E.J.Power to dispel a common belief that a set was, by definition, good if it had those buttons. And, if you were interested in how a good push button model should be made, you might be interested in the Murphy A52! |
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A nice catalogue covering most of the 1938 range of radios. Models covered:-
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An enormous poster to help Murphy dealers determine the trade-in value of old Murphys... It looks good on the wall too! |
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A rather nice pamphlet covering the 70 & 72 range. Trust Your Murphy Dealer - he isn't in it for the money, honest! |
The B81 portable receiver. Released in May 1939 price £8 15s. 0d. An ideal companion for those boring times in the air-raid shelter... |
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A catalogue from early 1940 covering the B81 portable, B89 & '90 table models. |
What Murphy is doing to help the War Effort... A catalogue from 1940 covering the B89, '90 table & radiogram models, B91 & A92. |
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A selection of adverts dating from the 1940's. |
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