Receiver, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: AM/AC-DC/TABLE
DATE: 1956
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0139.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
MODEL: NIPPER IV
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 636
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC CASE & DIAL/ METAL CHASSIS & WORKING PARTS/ GLASS TUBES

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.5 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Height: 15.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1956 TO 1980s
Canada: MADE & USED IN CANADA
Function: TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY AM STANDARD BROADCAST SIGNALS
Technical: ONE OF A LONG SERIES OF NIPPER MODELS THAT RAN FROM 1 TO 12 BETWEEN 1951 & 1969/ GOOD EXAMPLE OF CONTINUING USE OF A MODEL NAME THAT SOLD WELL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR. LABEL ON BOTTOM: 'RCA Victor Radio/ Super-Heterodyne/ NIPPER IV/Range 540-1600 kilocycles/ Made in Canada by RCA Victor Company, Ltd. and licensed only/ for non-commercial reception of/ Public Radio Telephone Broad-/ casting. Patents 1938 to 1945./ SERIAL NO. 636/ THIS RECEIVER IS SUBJECT TO/ STANDARD RCA VICTOR WARRANTY/ 335887-1 RCA'/ ON FRONT: 'RCA Victor' & DIAL NOS.'5 6 7 8 911 13 16'/ STAMPED ON CHASSIS: 'MADE IN CANADA/ RCA VICTOR COMPANY LTD./ MONTREAL/ 105-125 VOLTS AC-DC 0.3 AMPS.'/ CSA STICKER ON CHASSIS '5-2720'/ STICKER PROMOTING RCA ELECTRON TUBES AFFIXED TO UNDERSIDE OF TOP
Missing: BACK PANEL From CA of 06/10/1996 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: CREAM COLOURED CASE/ GOLD OUTER DIAL RING/ BROWN CORD & PLUG
Decoration: CURVED FRONT BOTTOM/ VERTICAL RIDGES ACROSS FRONT/ CIRCULAR DIAL/ ONE NARROW RIDGE ACROSS TOP

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RCA Victor Co. Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1956, Artifact no. 1989.0139, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0139.001/

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