Transmitter & receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Portable
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2621.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Aircraft Instrument Service Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wooden box; steel handle; hinges, fastener, screws & receptors; plastic top panel; & connector; fabric coated metal cable
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.5 cm
- Width
- 14.1 cm
- Height
- 14.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Aircraft Instrument
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Detroit
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- possibly 1930's - WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
portable unit to facilitate radio voice communications to & from aircraft/ cover easily removable using slip-off hinges - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on mfr. label reads: "EYES AND EARS OF AVIATION/AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT/SERVICE INC./DETRIOT/MICH."; raised lettering on under side of power source connector reads: "CARTER/MADE/IN U.S.A./PAT./PEND."
- Missing
- antenna (?) & earphones
- Finish
- yellow pine box; black top panel & connector; silver handle; hinges, fastener, screws & receptors; black & gold cable
- Decoration
- mfr. label shows top view of airplane superimposed over compass between outstretched wings
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Aircraft Instrument Service Inc., Transmitter & receiver, radio, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.2621, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2621.001/
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