1949 - Man From Mars Radio Hat by Radio Electronics

[Joe K.]

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As seen in a Bancroft's 1950 Gift Catalog.

 

Randetron will be providing scans of this catalog later this evening. They include the dated catalog cover, page 25 showing the Bub-L-Rocket (or Bubble Rocket, as it is named in the catalog), and the Man From Mars Radio Hat. Page 26 shows Atomic Robot Man (or Atomic Man as he is named in the catalog).

 

ARM has already been Timeline dated to 1949 as seen in a Miles Kimball catalog. If my memory serves me correctly, this Bancroft's sighting makes the fourth catalog/print ad documentation for ARM.

 

The Man From Mars Radio Hat is also another 1949 item as seen here on the cover of the June 1949 issue of Radio - Electronics (formerly called Radio Craft):http://www.eetimes.com/ContentEETimes/Images/Design/Max-Stuff/2012-11/radio-hat.jpg

 

(Can anyone name the young lady who posed for this picture? She went on to become a successful movie and TV actress.)

 

And also in this ad from the October 1949 issue of Popular Science:

 

The Bub-L-Rocket is NEW to the Timeline. Note how the drawing in the catalog matches the box art work as seen in the Database photo.

 

Thanks for your help with these images, Randy!

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[Randetron]

Here is the front cover of the Bancroft's catalog:

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Page 25 showing the Bubble Rocket and the Man From Mars Radio Hat:

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Page 26 showing "Atomic Man":

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Detail of the Bubble Rocket:

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UPDATE:

This 1949 Spiegel Christmas Book sighting moves the date back one year to 1949:

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Detail of the Man From Mars Radio Hat:

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And finally, detail of the Atomic Man: