General Information

Serial #

17518

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 CABINET IS WOOD, SYNTHETIC, METAL, FIBRE COMPONENTS, ASBESTOS LINING WHERE RADIO FITS INTO CABINET/.2 METAL, SYNTHETIC, GLASS, FIBRE COVERED WIRES

Dimensions

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

Length

84.0 cm

Width

42.0 cm

Height

77.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Chisholm

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Vancouver

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950'S & 1960'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A PRODUCT PRODUCED BY A BRITISH COLUMBIA COMPANY THAT MADE RADIOS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS/ THEIR PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDED A MODEL OF TELEVISION SET IN 1961

Function

TO RECEIVE STANDARD AM BROADCASTS & TO PLAY 78, 45 & 33 1/3 RMP DISK RECORDS

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON FRONT OF CABINET 'Chisholm'/ ABOVE WHERE RADIO DIALS GO 'OFF TONE VOLUME RADIO PHONO TUNING'/ ON FRONT OF TURNTABLE 'Chisholm', BY DIAL '33 45 78 N'. ON ARM '33/45' & ON BUTTON ON ARM '78 ['78' IS UPSIDE DOWN]/ PUSH/ TURN/ LP'/.2 MFR'S PLATE ON BACK 'MANUFACTURED BY/ CHISHOLM INDUSTRIES LTD./ VANCOUVER, B.C./ MODEL 25 A SERIAL NO. 17518/ VOLTS 115/ FREQ. 60 AMPS..75/ LICENSED BY CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LIMITED/ PATENTED 1929 TO 1950 INCLUSIVE'/ STICKER 'APPROVED CSA STANDARD/ POWER/ OPERATED/ RADIO/ S 283/ CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION'/ STICKER ON OUTPUT TRANSFORMER HAS COME OFF (STORED IN SUP.INF.) - 'HAMMOND/ MADE IN CANADA/ 457'

Missing

RADIO ITSELF HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CABINET, & ONE I.F. TRANSFORMER HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED BUT ALL PARTS APPEAR TO BE INCLUDED/ OUTPUT TRANSFORMER IS A REPLACEMENT - A HAMMOND 457

Finish

.1 CABINET HAS WOODGRAIN FINISH IN MEDIUM BROWN, PTS PAINTED DARK BROWN, FABRIC IN FRONT OF SPEAKER IS LIGHT BROWN & DUSTY PINK, SOME METALLIC GOLD TRIM AROUND OPENING FOR RADIO DIAL/ TURNTABLE BASE PAINTED LIGHT BROWN WITH DARKER BROWN PTS & SILVERTONE MKGS/.2 DIAL FRONT IS BROWN WITH LIGHT BROWN MKGS, KNOBS (DETATCHED) ARE MOTTLED BROWN; REST OF RADIO IS DULL SILVER-GREY WITH BLACK PTS

Decoration

.1 TRIANGULAR SHAPED HANDLES ON CABINET DOORS, DECORATIVE RAISED BORDER AROUND WHERE RADIO DIAL GOES - STEPPED DESIGN WITH RAISED LINE AROUND IT