1958 Emerson 999 Champion
Shirt pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
4 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches / 114 x 70 x 32 mm
Four transistors (Emerson), one standard 9v battery
Manufactured by Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corp., New York
Emerson's first shirt pocket radio, hard to find and very popular with collectors. The 999 came in five cabinet colors: red, black, turquoise, gray, and white.
This 1958 Emerson 999 and two earphone-only sets (Regency XR-2A, Philco T-3 "Veep") were the first US shirt pocket radios to be marketed after the 1954 Regency TR-1 and its many variants: the 1955 Regency TR-1G, 1955 Bulova 250, 1955 Mitchell 1101, 1957 Regency TR-4, 1957 Mantola M4D -- all those sets shared with the TR-1 either the same chassis or the same cabinet, simply variations on the TR-1.
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