RADIO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- KNIGHT RADIO
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS, COTTON, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- KNIGHT RADIO
- Date
- 1936
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS, COTTON, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 23.7
- Length
- 46.3
- Width
- 22.1
- Description
- 1. RADIO: OPEN BACKED WOODEN BOX WITH SPEAKER AND CIRCULAR GLASS FREQUENCY FACE. BOX IS FINISHED WOOD WITH BEVELED AND ROUNDED EDGES. BOTTOM OF RADIO HAS FOUR SQUARE WOODEN FEET WITH ROUNDED KNOBS. LEFT SIDE OF FRONT HAS PATTERNED OPENINGS CUT INTO IT WITH GREY COTTON FABRIC TO COVER SPEAKER. FABRIC IS STAINED IN TOP LEFT AND ALONG BOTTOM OF SPEAKER OPENINGS. ON RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT IS CIRCULAR BRASS FRAME WITH GLASS FACE. HAS FOUR WOODEN KNOBS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE. EACH HAS SOMETHING ETCHED INTO IT. TOP LEFT HAS "TUNE CONTROL", TOP RIGHT HAS "TUNING", BOTTOM LEFT HAS "VOLUME", BOTTOM RIGHT HAS "HAND SWITCH". PAPER FACE BENEATH GLASS HAS FREQUENCY NUMBERS IN WHITE FOR "STANDARD BROADCAST" FREQUENCIES, IN RED FOR "POLICE" AND GREEN FOR "FOREIGN BROADCAST". ALSO LISTS VARIOUS COUNTRIES AT THEIR APPROPRIATE FREQUENCIES. STEEL PROPELLER FASHION DIAL IS AT CENTER. BENEATH GLASS AND FRAME IS OVAL BRASS PLATE WITH "KNIGHT" RAISED FROM IT IN OLD ENLGISH STYLE LETTERING. OPEN BACK REVEALS STEEL BOX WITH VARIOUS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND TUBES. STEEL BOX HAS "F-5" STENCILED ON IT. EXTENDING FROM BOX IS 151.5 CM LONG CLOTH COVERED POWER CORD. CORD HAS BLACK BAKELITE ENDING. BACK CORNER OF TOP HAS TWO CHIPS 2. SCHEMATIC: WHITE PIECE OF PAPER 27.6CM X 21.5CM WITH BLACK HAND DRAWN DIAGRAM AND WRITING. DIAGRAM IS FLOWCHART OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS OF RADIO. IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS MARKED OFF SECTION WHICH READS "RESTORED 92/5/16" AND "KNIGHT MODEL F-5? 1936-38 VINTAGE" AND LISTS VARIOUS PARTS BY MODEL NUMBERS. PAPER HAS BEEN FOLDED AND HAS HOLES FROM BEING PINNED UP.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- SEE P19930075001-GA. THIS RECEIVER WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE "ALL AMERICAN FIVE" RADIO RECEIVER. FOR MORE INFO SEE PERMANENT RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075004
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-12
- Collection
- Museum
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