Receiver, television

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OBJECT TYPE: B&W/TABLE/10 IN./VHF/AC/TUBE
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1438.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: C2505
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: R234645
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BAKELITE CABINET, METAL, SYNTHETIC, GLASS & PROBABLY RUBBER PTS

Dimensions

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Length: 53.0 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 37.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED FROM 1949, NOT KNOWN FOR HOW LONG
Canada: ONE OF THE 1ST 100 TELEVISIONS MADE IN CANADA/ DONOR'S HUSBAND WAS AN ENGINEER WITH CGE & WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE 1ST SETS PRODUCED AT THE ROYCE WORKS OF CGE/ TV SALES IN CANADA WERE TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BY 1952, WITH CANADIAN TV STATIONS COMING ON THE AIR IN THE EARLY 1950'S
Function: TO RECEIVE STANDARD BLACK & WHITE, CHANNEL 2-13 BROADCASTS USING NTSC SYSTEM
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE ON BACK 'GENERAL [GE LOGO] ELECTRIC/ TELEVISION RECEIVER/ VOLTS 115 WATTS 15/ MODEL C2505 CYCLES 25/ CSA APPROVAL NO. 9703/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO - CANADA'/ STAMPED ON BACK 'R 234645'/ STICKER RUNNING BELOW VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS 'HOR. HOLD/ HOR. DRIVE', 'THERMAL/ CUTOUT', 'COARSE/ FOCUS', 'VERT./ SIZE', 'VERT./ LIN.'/ ANOTHER STICKER 'H. LIN./ H. SIZE'
Missing: FEET
Finish: MOTTLED DARKBROWN CABINET, METALLIC GOLD COLOUR FRONT PLATE, DARK BROWN KNOBS, PALE GREEN EDGE AROUND SCREEN
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Receiver, television, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1995.1438, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1438.001/

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