RADIO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1939
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, NYLON FABRIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19860042001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1939
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, NYLON FABRIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 20.5
- Length
- 34.0
- Width
- 18.0
- Description
- MODEL 216T. PAT 1931 & 1933. "PHILCO" ATTACHED TAG "PHILCO WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER PRESENTS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF QUALITY PHILCO 216T". FABRIC SPEAKER GRILL TORN. SINGLE SPEAKER, WOOD CASE. PAINTED-GLASS FREQUENCY DISPLAY. TWO KNOBS ON FRONT; ONE AT SIDE. RUBBER INSULATION ON WIRES IS CRACKING.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- "MADE IN CANADA PHILCO PRODUCTS LTD. TORONTO. CANADA 19-0057." DONOR'S GRANDFATHER HOMESTEADED IN BURDETT AREA IN 1910, WHERE DONOR BORN & RAISED. RADIO & BATTERY PURCHASED IN 1930'S. A 15 FT. POLE WAS ATTACHED TO ROOF OF FAMILY HOME & A SECOND POLE IN GROUND ABOUT 25 YDS. FROM HOUSE, COPPER WIRE WAS RUN FROM POLE ON HOUSE, THEN TO POLE IN GROUND TO CREATE SIGNAL ANTENNA. THE ALIGNMENT WAS EAST-WEST TO OBTAIN BEST POSSIBLE SIGNALS FROM LETHBRIDGE & CALGARY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, SOME OF WHICH WERE DONATED BY JAMES BURNESS. ACCORDING TO HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, THE DONOR, "JAMES (JIM) NICOL BURNESS OF LETHBRIDGE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 16, 2005 AT THE AGE OF 86. JIM, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANN BURNESS (NEE YANOTA), WAS BORN MAY 11, 1918 IN LETHBRIDGE. A DESCENDANT OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA PIONEERS, JIM GREW UP AND RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN BURDETT, ALBERTA AND AT THE AGE OF 24 ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY, WHERE HE SERVED PROUDLY AS A STRETCHER-BEARER WITH THE INFANTRY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN OF WORLD WAR TWO. AFTER THE WAR HE WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION FOR TEN YEARS IN BANFF AND LETHBRIDGE. IN 1949 HE MARRIED ANN YANOTA OF BLAIRMORE AND THEY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. THEY BUILT THEIR OWN HOME, ONE IN WHICH THEY LIVED FOR OVER 50 YEARS. JIM COMPLETED A 24-YEAR CAREER WITH THE POST OFFICE, HELPING REVITALIZE THE POSTAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION... HE WAS A MEMBER OF ROTARY, KINSMEN, SHRINERS, SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE LETHBRIDGE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB."
- Catalogue Number
- P19860042001
- Acquisition Date
- 1985-01
- Collection
- Museum
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