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Sonora
was originally a
US manufacturer of
chime
clocks,
founded in 1906
as Sonora
Chimes Co.
The later logo, a bell,
refers to this, as well as
the slogan
"Clear as a
bell."
A few
years
later, Sonora
was reincorporated as
Sonora
Phonograph Company selling
gramophones,
manufactured by the Swiss
company Paillard, but
ultimately this activity
was stopped
due to
legal problems. |
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The
company was known for
its high quality gramophones.
Around 1924, the model line was
extended to radios. In 1930
Sonora went bankrupt and was
later re-established
as Sonora
Radio and Television
Corp. |
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In 1932, a
branch of the company was
founded in France as
Sonora SA.
In France,
the company grew steadily while
the parent
company in America
was not doing well.
Initially, the
radios were
imported from the United
States, but from 1933 onwards
they were produced in
France, in the factory
in Puteaux,
near Paris, 5 rue the
Mairie. The
radios were
popular in
France
because of their
"American" appearance. |
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In the middle of
the 50s of
the last century Sonora
merged with
Continental Edison.
It disappeared
in 1957 because of bankruptcies
and
mergers. |
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