There were three companies involved in bringing this rare horizontal Jefferson-Travis JT-E212 to the market. It was manufactured in Japan circa 1960 by Standard and marketed in the USA by Jefferson-Travis who were a subsidiary of American icon Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation. In February 1961 Emerson announced that it was reducing by 20% the price of virtually all of its radios and that it had dropped its Japanese transistor line that carried the Jefferson-Travis banner. It also announced that it would manufacture its own transistor radios with American made parts exclusively. Ref: Billboard Magazine 20th of February 1961.
This little radio is pure, unfiltered design with lashings of style and charisma! The front half is an unusual crimson color and the back half is baby blue. The strong, modern shape of the speaker grill complements the bold metal tuning dial situated on the side of the cabinet.
I have also seen this radio colored all blue and another two tone combination with the front aquamarine and the back baby blue. It is small and measures just
3.7”L x 2.5”H (96mm L x 65mm H).
