RADIO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ARCADIA RADIO RECEIVER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ARCADIA RADIO RECEIVER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 18.2
- Length
- 27.9
- Width
- 15
- Description
- OPEN BACK WOODEN BOX WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND EDGES. BOTTOM HAS FOUR FELT FEET IN STEEL RINGS. FRONT HAS SERIES OF SLATTED VERTICAL OPENINGS COVERED FROM INSIDE BY BEIGE COTTON FABRIC. HORIZONTALLY ALONG BOTTOM IS RECTANGLUAR OPENING WITH GLASS FACE. BACK SIDE OF GLASS HAS BEEN STENCILED WITH FREQUENCY SCALE IN WHITE AND RED. DIAL NEEDLE CAN BE SEEN BEHIND GLASS. AT EITHER END OF DIAL TABLE IS A SINGLE BAKELITE KNOB. ONE CONTROLS TUNING DIAL, OTHER CONTROLS VOLUME AND POWER. AT BOTTOM CENTER IS GOLD DECAL WHICH READS "ARCADIA MACLEOD'S". OPEN BACK REVEALS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, GLASS VACUUM TUBES AND PAPER LABEL. LABEL READS "ARCADIA SERIES MB1 - 4416 MODEL 446" WITH WARNING INSTRUCTIONS AND DIAGRAM OF RADIO WITH "MACLEOD'S" AT BOTTOM. STEEL PLATE IS FASTENED TO CASING AT BACK. IT READS "ARCADIA MACLEOD'S BATTERY OPPERATED RECEIVER" WITH LICENSING INSTRUCTIONS. ALSO HAS "MODEL NO." AND "MB1-4416" STAMPED INTO PLATE. ALSO HAS "SERIAL NO." WITH "105393" STAMPED INTO PLATE. ACROSS BOTTOM OF PLATE READS "MANUFACTURED FOR MACLEOD'S BY DOMINION ELECTROHOME INDUSTRIES LIMITED KITCHENER CANADA". ON SIDE OF GLASS VACUUM TUBES READS "WESTINGHOUSE RADIO TUBE". CLEAR PLASTIC STICKER IS ATTACHED TO CASING WHICH READS "HENRY R. ANDERSON 2226 18 AVE S LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA CANADA T1K 1C8". TOP LEFT CORNER OF CASING HAS TWO WIRES EXTENDING FROM IT WITH CUT ENDS. FROM BACK OF CASING ARE SET OF WIRES TAPED TOGETHER WITH TWO TRI-PRONGED AND ONE TWO-PRONGED COPPER PLUGS APPROX 110 CM LONG.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- RECEIVER WAS MADE FOR MACLEOD'S BY ELECTROHOME INDUSTRIES WHICH ALSO MANUFACTURED RADIOS FOR EATONS. THIS RADIO WAS VERY POPULAR IN FARM HOUSEHOLD UNTIL THE ADVENT OF AC POWER REPLACED BATTERY POWER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075005
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-12
- Collection
- Museum
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