Art Deco Tombstone Radio Crosley Model 179 Tombstone radio. This radio was rescued in 1989 from an estate sale. The top veneer was detached because the radio was used as a plant stand in grandma's window. The chassis showed signs of overheating due to bad electrolytic caps.

The radio was in pretty good cosmetic condition overall and it appeared to have always been stored inside a house and not stored in the attic or the garage/shed.

I removed the power plug when the radio was loaned as a prop to a local playhouse for a production of "Death of a Salesman". Finally getting around to recapping it. Hope the transformer is OK.
Crosley Model 179 Rear View Rear view of the radio showing the Magnavox speaker and the rear and top rf shields. The NRA sticker is present but somehow it has been defaced.
Crosley Model 179 Front Chassis View Front view of the radio chassis showing the tuner scale and gear drive for the variable capacitor. The right-most hole on the top of the chassis is all that remains an old electrolytic cap that was probably replaced. The Mallory electrolytic cap with the red lettering is not stock.
Crosley Model 179 Rear Chassis View Rear view of the radio chassis showing the tubes with tube shields.
Crosby Model 179 Bottom Chassis Underneath view of the radio chassis showing the electrical components. No rubber wires:-) The paper caps will need to be replaced and the resistances of all the resistors will need checking.

The candohm appears to have a resistor added to one of the sections.

The large red electrolytic capacitor at the lowest point on this image appears to have been leaking.

There appears to be a bottom rf shield that is missing in this radio.