This is an old "Realtone" combination record player/short wave radio. Best as I can tell after about 10 minutes of on line research, this model comes from the early 1940's. It's a tall upright model in a wooden cabinet with the record player on the top left and this short wave radio dial on the top right. Back then, shortwave radio was right next to pure magic! You could actually hear live radio broadcasts from around the world - day or night. Countries had their assigned frequencies, and the stations were almost always official government broadcasts. Note how the dial displays some of the international capitals in addition to the frequencies. Also, the AM band on the top has the high end of the dial on the left side with the low frequencies on the right. I've never seen that before. During World War II, a short wave radio was absolutely essential in keeping up with the news of the world, although many governments used it heavily for propaganda purposes - not much different from the media today! This was found in the same Hardy Arkansas antique shop as the old Brunswick Record Player in my earlier post. Of course, you couldn't post pictures on your short wave radio, so I suppose the Internet is indeed progress. But it can't match the excitement of living on a farm in Kansas during WW2, and tuning in for the first time to a live broadcast from Berlin. Thanks for stopping by. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it! marshall