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OBJECT TYPE: AUTOMATIC CHANGER/STEREO/HIGH FIDELITY/4 SPEED/PORTABLE
DATE: 1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0344.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
MODEL: SHP 361 STEREO ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 391
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING/ METAL TURNTABLE, PLATTER, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC TONE ARM, CONTROL ARM, CONTROLS, CONTROL PANEL, HANDLES & SPINDLE ADAPTER/ SYNTHETIC FABRIC SPEAKER COVERS/ RUBBER? TURNTABLE MAT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 47.7 cm
Width: 49.5 cm
Height: 27.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: DONOR PURCHASED THIS RECORD PLAYER IN BURLINGTON, ONT. IN 1955 [sic] & WAS TOLD BY THE VENDOR THAT IT WAS THE FIRST STEREO RECORD PLAYER IN CANADA.
Function: PLAYER OF STEREO DISK RECORDS, USED FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Technical: AN EARLY STEREO RECORD PLAYER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & WHITE DECAL READING 'RCA VICTOR COMPANY LTD./ MONTREAL CANADA' & 'MADE IN CANADA' WITH MODEL & SERIAL NOS. ON CASE INTERIOR/ MULTICOLOURED 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE' & GOLD 'VICTROLA' DECALS ON CASE LID INTERIOR/ METAL PLATE WITH RAISED LETTERING ON TURNTABL READING 'RCA' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND'/ METALLIC APPLIQUE LETTERING ON FRONT OF.1 &.2 READING 'STEREO-ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY' & INCISED LETTERING READING 'RCA VICTOR' & GOLD & RED METAL PLATE WITH HIS MASTER'S VOICE LOGO/ GOLD LETTERING ON SPINDLE ADAPTER READING 'RCA' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BROWNSIMULATED LEATHER COVERING ON CASING EXTERIOR/ BEIGE SYNTHETIC CASE LINING/ MAROON MAT, ARMS, KNOBS/ COLOURLESS KNOBS, PANEL/ BEIGE ENAMEL TURNTABLE/ GOLD ENAMEL PLATTER/ BEIGE HANDLES/ BLACK ADAPTER/ MULTICOLOURED FABRIC
Decoration: N/A

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RCA Victor Co. Ltd., Player, disk, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1983.0344, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0344.001/

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