[Hallicrafters] William Halligan Questions


Warren Elly w1gud4 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 18 17:00:10 EST 2012


Here's RadioShack's official story, that Bill was one the Shack's first employees,
and that the Hallicrafter's founder suggested Radio Shack to his bosses, 
the Deutschmann brothers 

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/history.html


73, Warren W1GUD

On Feb 18, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Carl wrote:

> Thats all been in print and on line for years.
> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> When did William Halligan, Sr., and his partner Toby, first open the south
>> Boston store that Bill named "Radio Shack"? Was it in 1934?
>> 
>> This store was moved "down the street" in 1939.
>> 
>> When did Bill Halligan dispose of his interest in the Radio Shack store in
>> south Boston? Did he sell out to his partner Toby?
>> 
>> Did Toby, or his son, sell the store to another corporation? Such as 
>> Allied
>> Electronics? If so, when?
>> 
>> There is some debate going on as to whether Bill Halligan, Sr. started 
>> Radio
>> Shack first or Hallicrafters first. Thanks for your input.
>> 
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