Receiver, radio & player, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/MW/AC/TUBE/TABLE/HOME
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0450.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- 706
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 5302
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE/ METAL CHASSIS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ METAL, GLASS AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ METAL TURNTABLE WITH FELT COVERING/ CLOTH SPEAKER COVER/ GLASS DIAL PLATE
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 IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED AND USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY AM STANDARD BROADCAST SIGNALS AND TO PLAY AN EIGHT INCH RECORDING DISK. - Technical
-
EARLY EXAMPLE OF A SMALL RADIO RECORD PLAYER COMBINATION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'PHILCO/ REGISTERED TRADE MARK/ MADE IN CANADA/ 706/ CHASSIS TYPE/ 110/ VOLTS/ 50-60/ CYCLES/ 60/ WATTS/ PHILCO CORPORATION OF CANADA LIMITED/ TORONTO'/ PAPER LABELS ON BACK: 'PHILCO/ PART NO. DER: 5302/ FINAL/ INSPECTION/ Printed in U.S.A.'/ 'PHILCO/ Your/ GUARANTEE/ of Safety/ 39-7844 PRINTED IN CANADA'/ 'WARNING - Any person installing or/ operating this receiving set without first/ having obtained a licence from the Min-/ ister of Transport of Canada is liable, on/ summary conviction, to a fine not ex-/....'/ 'CSA' STICKER ON BACK FOR THE 'CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION'/ ON TOP: 'PHILCO/ DIAL TUNING PHONO.OFF.RADIO*
- Missing
- BACK PANEL
- Finish
- SIDES OF CASE AND INNER PANEL AROUND DIALPAINTED GLOSS BROWN/ FRONT AND TOP OF CASE STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BROWN CLOTH OVER SPEAKERS/ BROWN KNOBS/ DIAL PLATE PAINTED YELLOW, GREEN AND WHITE
- Decoration
- HORIZONTAL YELLOW STRIPES ON DIAL PLATE/ RIDGES ON KNOBS/ HEAVILY WOVEN SPEAKER COVER
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PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Receiver, radio & player, disk, after 1945, Artifact no. 1971.0450, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0450.001/
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