Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/AC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0172.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- 94
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 31 2748.1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Bakelite, plastic, metal, cardboard and glass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 33.8 cm
- Height
- 18.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHILCO
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Made and used in Canada - Function
-
To receive standard AM broadcasts - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfg. plate inside at back on right side/Painted inside at back on left side is PHILCO 31 2748.1/On the top at bottom center is painted PHILCO in gold
- Missing
- Power cord (Radio has apparently suffered a short circuit internally and requires repairs) From CA of 06/05/1996 by Tony Missio: Yes - Short section of power cord remaining only
- Finish
- Bakelite casing is painted cream colour/Top has a plastic covered semi-circular opening containing the radio dial/At the bottom corners of the ribbed front are the two control knobs
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Receiver, radio, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1986.0172, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0172.001/
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