Receiver, radio & player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1009.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- 706
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CABINET/ CLOTH SPEAKER GRILL/ GLASS DIAL PLATE/ PLASTIC CORD/ METAL ELECTRICAL AND WORKING COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.6 cm
- Width
- 38.1 cm
- Height
- 29.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHILCO
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY THE LATE 1940S AND 1950S
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE STANDARD AM BROADCAST SIGNALS, DEMODULATE THEM IN TO AUDIO SIGNALS AND AMPLIFY THE RESULTING SOUNDS; AND ALSO PLAY 78 RPM DISKS. - Technical
-
SET CONTAINS A STANDARD 5-TUBE AM RECEIVER AND AN AUTOMATIC 78 RPM DISK RECORD PLAYER. ALL ONE HAD TO DO WAS TO OPEN THE SMALL DOOR AT THE BOTTOM, SILDE IN THE RECORD AND CLOSE THE DOOR. THE RECORD WOULD THEN BE PLAYED AUTOMATICALLY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NON-OPERATIONAL/ INSIDES LOOSE
- Finish
- CABINET FAIRLY GOOD BUT PAINT SPLATTERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Receiver, radio & player, disk, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1969.1009, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1009.001/
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