RADIO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RADIOLA
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19970019000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RADIOLA
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 30
- Length
- 48.4
- Width
- 40.5
- Description
- DARK BROWN WOOD CABINET WITH SMALL TIN NAME PLATE ON FRONT CENTRE "RADIOLA 20 REG. US. PAT. OFFICE SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA". ON LEFT SIDE OF LABEL IS "STATION SELECTOR", AND ON THE RIGHT, "AMPLIFICATION" CONTROL. BOTTOM FRONT HAS 4 DIALS AND 4 PLUG-INS JACKS. TOP LID FLIPS OPEN TO REVEAL INSIDE OF RADIO, AND LID HAS 2 LABELS. FIRST IS "RADIO 20 MODEL AR-918 RAMGE 550-1500 KILOCYCLES", AND MORE INFORMATION. SECOND IS "RADIOLA 20- BATTERY CONNECTIONS" DIRECTIONS. ON BACK ARE 2 CONNECTION OUTLETS, AND A 127.3 CM LONG CORD ATTACHED UNDER BOTTOM EDGE. DONOR RESTORED RADIO, FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE CONSERVATION FILE.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- DONOR RECEIVED RADIO FROM DR. M.M. MARSHALL, WHO DID NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE SET. ACCORDING T0 THE DONOR, THIS MODEL WAS MADE IN 1926 AND SOLD FOR AROUND $180 US. RCA RADIOS WERE MADE BY WESTINGHOUSE UNTIL 1930.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970019000
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-02
- Collection
- Museum
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