{"id":24929,"date":"2017-03-30T07:53:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=24929"},"modified":"2017-03-30T07:53:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:53:15","slug":"hemingway-and-a-zenith-tranoceanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/hemingway-and-a-zenith-tranoceanic\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemingway and a Zenith Tranoceanic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a Twitter exchange<\/a> yesterday\u00a0@dean_frey<\/b><\/a>\u00a0shared the photo above of Ernest Hemingway on Safari in Kenya in 1952.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe this may<\/em> be a Zenith Transcoceanic model H500. Could a Transoceanic expert in the Post<\/em> community confirm of correct me? Please comment!<\/p>\n

I know this: I love Earl Thiesen\u00a0photos.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing, Dean!<\/p>\n

Check out Dean’s twitter feed<\/a> for other vintage photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a Twitter exchange yesterday\u00a0@dean_frey\u00a0shared the photo above of Ernest Hemingway on Safari in Kenya in 1952. I believe this may be a Zenith Transcoceanic model H500. Could a Transoceanic expert in the Post community confirm of correct me? Please comment! I know this: I love Earl Thiesen\u00a0photos. Thanks for sharing, Dean! Check out Dean’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[6066,6065,6067,3134],"class_list":["post-24929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-dean-frey","tag-earl-thiesen","tag-earnest-hemingway","tag-zenith-transoceanic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6u5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25048,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/mark-spots-a-transoceanic-in-kiss-me-deadly\/","url_meta":{"origin":24929,"position":0},"title":"Mark spots a Transoceanic in “Kiss Me Deadly”","author":"Thomas","date":"April 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Following your recent post about Hemingway, I spotted what looks like a Zenith Transoceanic in the the classic film noir, \"Kiss Me Deadly\" - a favourite of mine with such memorable moments such as the \"What's in the box\" scene.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/kiss-me-deadly.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13221,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/photos-from-the-2015-dayton-hamvention-flea-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":24929,"position":1},"title":"Photos from the 2015 Dayton Hamvention Flea Market","author":"Thomas","date":"May 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Weather yesterday morning at the Dayton Hamvention was quite pleasant even if a little fickle at times. 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