{"product_id":"atwater-kent-model-m-2","title":"Atwater Kent Model M","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif;\"\u003eThe Atwater Kent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif;\"\u003eThe Atwater Kent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif;\"\u003eiHORN is made from an Atwater Kent radio horn, Model M, which was made in 1925.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is full metal construction with a beautiful brown finish.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAtwater Kent made radios and speakers from 1922 to 1936.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1895 Arthur Atwater Kent founded the Kent Electric Manufacturing Co. in the back room of his father’s machine shop, selling small electric motors. Arthur invented the “Unisparker,” an improved ignition system which gave a single hot spark at once and was used in all automobiles until the electronic ignition took over.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1919 Atwater Kent had already 25 U.S. patents, eventually holding 93 patents.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1921 he started to engage in radios.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eAtwater Kent became the leading radio manufacturer. The production figures are impressive: from 1923 to 1927 not less than 1,317,766 sets have been produced.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1936, fed up, Kent closed down the factor.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1937, Kent helped to organize and pay for the restoration of the Betsy Ross House in Center City Philadelphia. In 1938, Kent helped found the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe museum is still operating today.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe retired to Hollywood and enjoyed to live among movie stars and high society. He built on top of the highest hill in L.A. \"Cappo di Monti\"(Mountains head), a palace-like mansion in Italian style with 32 rooms.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFamous as “Mr.Host” he ran extravagant parties, with a regular guest list of over 800 people. He invited scores of Hollywood luminaries, and he would frequently dress as the \"Mad Hatter\" (Alice in Wonderland) while he fed them choice wine and foods. He would mingle with the guests for a few hours and then go to bed while the party went on. He never dined with his guests - he was a vegetarian.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eHe died in 1949. \u003cu\u003eThe Atwater Kent\u003c\/u\u003e iHorn is a tribute to a man with vision, philanthropy, who was just quirky enough to do great things.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt bangs it out!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iHorns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43028646494279,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/9462\/9447\/files\/atwater1_b31a1411-f7ee-4091-b5c4-9a484f51434f.jpg?v=1785529861","url":"https:\/\/shopihorns.com\/products\/atwater-kent-model-m-2","provider":"iHorns","version":"1.0","type":"link"}