This ad was recently shown on the K9YA Telegraph. I was wondering about its origins. I asked noted thermatron guru Grayson Evans -- he referred the question to fellow tube guru and author Ludwell Sibley. OM Ludwell gives us the origins:
Ludwell Sibley is the editor of "The Tube Collector." Great stuff. Their web site is here:
She’s in a promo for Zenith, an Italian prewar brand that sold European triodes of types originated by Philips, and a few equivalents of American types. She’s based on classical Italian art. Doing a high-wire act while holding a small early-‘20s European radio! I have an 11 x 17 glossy color print framed on the wail in the display room. I ran her as the cover art in a long-ago issue of “Tube Collector.” “Three cheers for the red, white, and green!"
Sibley's book "Tube Lore" can be purchased here:
https://www.amazon.com/Tube-lore-reference-users-collectors/dp/0965468305/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tube+Lore&qid=1569660647&sr=8-1
Thanks Grayson, Ludwell, and to the K9YA Telegraph.
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