Receiver, clock radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/AC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 521
- LOCATION
- Syracuse, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC/ METAL/ GLASS/ PARTICLE BOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.7 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 15.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Clocks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Syracuse
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
RECEIVES AM STANDARD BROADCAST SIGNALS AND SERVES AS A TIMEPIECE. - Technical
-
BUILT AS THE TRANSITION FROM OCTAL TO MINIATURE TUBES WAS TAKING PLACE - HAS BOTH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READS: 'GENERAL [LOGO] ELECTRIC'/ Paper label affixed to bottom reads: ‘GENERAL [LOGO] ELECTRIC'/ Written in a rectangular diagram: ‘TUBE LOCATION/ 50C5 [circled]/ 35W4 [circled]/ 12SQ7 [circled/ [square]/ 12BA6 [circled]/ [square]/ 125A7 [circled]'/ ‘RADIO ALARM CLOCK/ MODEL 521/ 105-120V AC 60 CYCLES 30 WATT/ SUPERHETERODYNE RANGE/ 455 KC I.F. NOTICE 540-1600 KC'./ THIS APPARATUS USED INVENTIONS OF UNITED STATES PATENTS. IT IS LI-/ CENSED UNDER UNITED STATES PATENT RIGHTS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY AND RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA. ALSO UNITED STATES PAT-/ ENTS 2002421 AND 2421986. OTHER PATENT NUMBERS SUPPLIED ON RE-/ QUEST. NOT LICENSED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNICATION FOR HIRE OR/ TOLL./ WARRANTY/ REFER TO INSTRUCTION BOOK/ FOR BEST PERFORMANCE/ always use/ GENERAL [LOGO] ELECTRIC/ [in circle:] LISTED UNDER REEXAMINATION SERVICE OF UNDERWRITERS' LABORATORIES, INC. UL/ Electronic [in cursive]/ RADIO TUBES AND COMPONENT PARTS/ MANUFACTURED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ ELECTRONICS PARK SYRACUSE, N.Y./ N.P. 137378 MADE IN U.S.A.'/ Paper label affixed to back reads: ‘[MISSING] FOR/ RADIO/ [MISSING] OVER/ OFF ON/ [MISSING] A.C.'
- Missing
- ONE SMALL KNOB ON CLOCK/ CORD APPEARS TO BE REPLACEMENT
- Finish
- CABINET BROWN 'WOODGRAIN' WITH GOLD 'LACQUER' ON FRONT & SIDE/ BLUE CLOCKFACE WITH WHITE MARKINGS/ SMALL CENTRE CLOCK FACE BROWN WITH WHITE NUMBERS/ THREE 'IVORY' KNOBS
- Decoration
- MOLDED HORIZONTAL RIDGES ON FRONT AND SIDES OF CASE. STENCIL CUT-OUT NUMBERS ON CLOCK FACE. CUT-OUT HORIZONTAL BARS ON RIGHT FRONT.
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General Electric Co., Receiver, clock radio, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1988.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0007.001/
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