Receiver, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: STD BCST/REGENERATIVE/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0130.001

MANUFACTURER: Deforest Radio Corp. Ltd.
MODEL: 51
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2014
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 15.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Deforest
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1920'S
Canada: MADE IN CANADA/ THE AMALGAMATION OF DEFOREST & CROSLEY WAS APPARENTLY ONLY IN CANADA
Function: TO RECEIVE STANDARD AM BROADCASTS
Technical: TWO TUBE REGENERATIVE SET THAT WAS ONE STEP ABOVE THE MODEL 50 TUBE SET/ SHOWS THE EFFORT MADE TO PROVIDE SETS FOR EVERY PRICE RANGE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON FRONT: 'de Forest/ CROSLEY/ 51/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS]'/ DECAL INSIDE TOP LID: 'MANUFACTURED/ BY/ DEFOREST RADIO/ CORPORATION, LTD./ TORONTO/ UNDER CANADIAN PATENTS/ [SEE PATENT REF]/ de Forest/ TRADE MARK REG'
Missing: BATTERY/ VACUUM TUBES From CA of 01/18/1996 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing one tube
Finish: DARK STAINED & VARNISHED CABINET/ BROWNKNOBS
Decoration: N/A

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Deforest Radio Corp. Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1993.0130, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0130.001/

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