Sentinel Radio Corporation stock certificate 1952 (Illinois)

Nice radio collectible.  Great vignette of female classical god figure standing on a globe of the earth between two radio towers.  Issued and cancelled. Dated 1952.

The Sentinel Radio Corporation manufactured and sold radios, phonographs and televisions. Trade names included Burley, Erla, Lightweight Champion, Musicaire, Sentinel, Wings.  Sentinel was in the 20's the trade name of United Air Cleaner Corp.  A merger end 20's with Erla and other companies failed and went into receivership. Erla reorganized as a private company in 1931, and bought Sentinel between 1931 and 1934, where it continued to manufacture as Sentinel Radio Corporation.

Sentinel produced radios for an unknown number of private labels (twenty to thirty), some for export. The company name ERLA was still retained until 1945.e.g. Musicaire was made for Coast to Coast Stores.

In March 1956 Sentinel's assets were sold to Magnavox.