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