Airline Type "K" Ribbon Microphone

The Airline model "K" microphone dates to the mid-1930's and was sold by the Montgomery-Ward department store chain.  Airline was Ward's store brand which covered radios, phonographs, audio equipment, tubes, and the like.  This is a ribbon type microphone of indifferent quality, but the streamline styling makes it a real standout.  I don't know who actually made this microphone, but it was quite possibly the Universal Microphone Company. 

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