Receiver, television

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OBJECT TYPE: B&W/PORTABLE/VHF
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0948.001

MANUFACTURER: Admiral
MODEL: ADMIRAL P1119
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 68727
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASE & SCREEN/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.5 cm
Width: 24.0 cm
Height: 32.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1960s & 1970s
Canada: USED IN CANADA
Function: TO RECEIVE STANDARD TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNALS AND CONVERT THEM INTOBLACK & WHITE IMAGES AND ASSOCIATED SOUND
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE OF TUBE SET OF THE MID-1960s BEFORE UHF TUNERS IN SETS WERE MANDATORY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRESSED IN BACK: 'ADMIRAL/ [LOGO]/ MADE IN USA/ MARK OF QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD/ [WARNING AGAINST POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK]/ HORIZ. LOCK/120 VOLT, 60 CYCLE/ A.C. ONLY, 110 WATTS/ [STATEMENT CERTIFYING RECEIVER COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RULE 15C]/ ANTENNA/ TERMINALS/ UHF VHF'/ STICKER ON BOTTOM: 'Canadian Admiral Corporation Ltd./ PORT CREDIT, ONT./ MODEL P1119 VOLTS 117 AMPS 1.0 CYCLES 60'/ 'TV 68727'/ CSA APPROVED STICKER/ ON FRONT: 'ADMIRAL'/ ON CHASSIS: 'C21A1Y, 1X'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: CREAM COLOURED CASE WITH SILVER TRIM
Decoration: SILVER COLOURED GRID NEAR TOP AND COMPANY LOGO ON BAR NEAR TOP/ KNOBS ON SIDE

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Admiral, Receiver, television, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1987.0948, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0948.001/

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