RADIO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HAND HELD RADIO
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- PLASTIC, RUBBER, ALUMINUM
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041557
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HAND HELD RADIO
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- PLASTIC, RUBBER, ALUMINUM
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 15.1
- Width
- 7.8
- Description
- RECTANGULAR HAND HELD RADIO HAS PERFORATED ALUMINUM COVER AND CIRCULAR TUNING DIAL AT TOP RIGHT CORNER. TOP LEFT CORNER OF FRONT READS "LLOYD'S FM/AM RECEIVER". RADIO HAS EXTENDABLE ANTENNA AND PLASTIC WRIST STRAP ON LEFT SIDE. ON BACK IS LABEL WHICH READS "MODEL NO. N701" AND "SERIES 772A". BATTERY COVER IS MISSING.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- History
- HAND RADIO BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. DONOR RELATES THAT HER FATHER OFTEN TOOK RADIO WITH HIM ON INTERNATIONAL TRIPS. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041557
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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