Receiver, radio
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1988.0228.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- CRYSTAL
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0228.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Walter Toy Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ COPPER WIRE/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Walter
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Port Credit
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNKNOWN
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY AM STANDARD BROADCAST SIGNALS - Technical
-
GOOD EXAMPLE OF VERY INEXPENSIVE CRYSTAL SET, PROBABLY SOLD AS A TOY IN THE 1920'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON BOTTOM: 'Manufactured by/ WALTER TOY COMPANY/ Port Credit Ontario Canada'
- Missing
- CRYSTAL AND ONE KNOB From CA of 02/27/1996 by Tony Missio: Yes - No crystal; illustration on box shows knob on end of detector arm, not present in radio
- Finish
- RED PAINTED BASE/ BLACK PAINTED KNOB.
- Decoration
- N/A
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
Walter Toy Co., Receiver, radio, circa 1920–1929, Artifact no. 1988.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0228.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.
More Like This
1988.0228.001
