ABOVE are 3 Philco boxes spanning the early radio and TV years. Early tubes had yellow writing.
	To your left is the popular box from the 50's and early sixties. To your right is the late 60's and early 70's box. One of our major suppliers in those years was a Philco distributor. For those years, Philco was our primary tube line. Unfortunately I had no boxes to show until Bob Ellignson sent me this. These were the years when it was the Philco-Ford Corporation and both the Philco and Ford logos were on the bottom flap.

Philco's EIA manufacturer's code was 1063, although some tubes showed the 3 letter Sylvania code. The date code was the year-week, sometimes without the dash. Writing was usually red, but I recall some blue and white also. I'm not sure if Philco made any, or bought all and just relabeled. Whichever, they were quality, first line tubes.

The Philco name was eventually sold to North American Philips and for many years was part of the same family that included Sylvania, Magnavox and Crosley. Now those names are owned by Asian companies.

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