Receiver, television

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OBJECT TYPE: B&W/TABLE/20 IN.
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.1194.001

MANUFACTURER: PHILCO
MODEL: PREDICTA 4242
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 91159
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Receiver body is made of wood. A fabric mesh net covers speaker opening knobs & buttons are plastic. Metal plates in receiver body with perforations for heat release. Picture tube shaped screen made of plastic.

Dimensions

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

Length: 55.0 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Height: 76.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: PHILCO
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS TYPE OF SET WAS SOLD AND USED IN CANADA.
Function: To receive transmitted information from television antenna trans- mitters and convert it into video form.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ADVANCED STYLING FOR THE PERIOD. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MUCH SHORTER PICTURE TUBE ALLOWED FOR THIS STYLING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'PHILCO/Predicta' appears on centre front of top edge of television./For complete transcript of markings please see Supp. Info. File 841194.
Missing: Knob and misc parts from proper left side.
Finish: Brown stained wood body. Speaker areas are covered with a goldcoloured mesh fabric and the surrounding molding is gold coloured plastic. Tuning knob is gold coloured. The screen is avacado green. The surrounding molding post and swivel joints are gold coloured. The rear casing of the screen is white plastic.
Decoration: N/A

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PHILCO, Receiver, television, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1984.1194, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1194.001/

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