Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-STD BCST/TRF/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE/HOME
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0496.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 55
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE/ BAKELITE KNOBS/ METAL PLATES & DIAL POINTERS
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
- 48.3 cm
- Height
- 29.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1925-1930
- Canada
-
MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE BROADCAST BAND RADIO SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE; 'Westinghouse 55/CANADIAN/ Westinghouse/ CO. LIMITED/ HAMILTON, CANADA'/ PLATES AROUND DIALS: 'STATION SELECTOR' 'AMPLIFICATION'/ DECALS INSIDE LID: 'Westinghouse 55/ Patented 1912, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925/ CANADIAN/ Westinghouse/ CO., LIMITED/ HAMILTON, CANADA' 'S.M.S. [IN CURSIVE]/ RADIO/ CABINETS/ MANUFACTUREED BY/ THE STRATHROY FURNITURE/ COMPANY LIMITED/ STRATHROY, ONT'/
- Missing
- VACUUM TUBES/ LEFT BACK CORNER OF CASE BROKEN/ PIECE OF LEFT SIDE IS INSIDE CABINET
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED CASE
- Decoration
- INCISED DECORATIVE LINES/ CHANNEL MOULDING AROUND OUTSIDE EDGES/ OVAL OPENING FOR SPEAKER
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1971.0496, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0496.001/
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