Crosley Radio & Television Ltd.

Crosley Radio & Television Ltd.

Company

Toronto, ON

1946-01-01

1955-01-01

121 McCormick Street, Toronto, ON (1952)

Corner of Gibson Ave. and Wright Ave., Toronto, ON (1954)

Radio

Television

Manufacturing

Supplying

Crosley Radio & Television (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

Avco of Canada Ltd. (Toronto, ON)

- 1946 – Active in Toronto and producing radio broadcast receivers. (“A-2466”)

- 1952 – Active as Crosley Radio of Canada, having recently moved to 121 McCormick Street, Toronto, ON, appointing Ivor M. Leslie as vice president. (“Crosley Radio of Canada names a Vice President”)

- 1953 – Avco of Canada Ltd. is formed, will purchase “all of the outstanding stock of Moffats Ltd., Toronto” (“Avco Expands in Canada”)

- 1954 – Active in Toronto, ON. (“Radio and Television Receiving Sets” :5)

- 1955 – Active as a division of Avco of Canada Ltd., located at the Corner of Gibson Ave. and Wright Ave., Toronto, ON. (Toronto City Directory 1951: White Page 299)

“A-2466” Radio Museum. (https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/crosley_cn_a_2466.html) [08-11-24]

“Avco Expands in Canada” Broadcasting Telecasting, July 13, 1953: 128 (https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/BC-1953-07-13.pdf)

“Crosley Radio of Canada names a Vice President” New York Times, January 16, 1952: 37

“Radio and Television Receiving Sets” Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, Canada, C.D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce (January, 1954):5 (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/43-004/CS43-004-9-1-eng.pdf)