Receiver, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: AM/SUPERHET/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE/HOME/CONTINUOUS WAVE CODE (POSSIBLY)
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0125.001

MANUFACTURER: GRIMES RADIO CORP. LTD.
MODEL: PHONOLA
LOCATION: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 77958
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CABINET HAS FABRIC SPEAKER SCREEN; SYNTHETIC TUNING FACE & VIEWING WINDOW; GLASS & METAL VACUUM TUBES & COMPONENT PARTS; FABRIC COVERED WIRE CORDS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.5 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Height: 40.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: GRIMES
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kitchener

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS RADIO PROBABLY USED C. 1930S+.
Canada: RADIO MFD BY GRIMES RADIO CORP. LTD. OF KITCHENER, ONT.
Function: TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY AM BROADCAST SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " Phonola " printed on tuning face, with frequency markings 55- 160+, 5-16 & 10-49. Mfr's plate fixed to radio back reads "Super Heterodyne Battery Operated Radio/ LICENSED ONLY FOR THE NON-COMMERCIAL RECEPTION OF PUBLIC RADIO TELEPHONE BROADCASTING/ BY CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LTD./ PATENTED 1914-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26- 27-28-29-30/ MANUFACTURED BY/ GRIMES RADIO CORPORATION LIMITED/ KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA/ CHASSIS MODEL 4875 SERIAL No 77958 ".
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: DARK BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD CABINET; RECESSED FRONT PANEL HAS CARVED GRILL, AND IS OF LIGHTER STAINED WOOD (AS ARE CARVED KNOBS); LIGHT, MEDIUM & DARK BROWN WOVEN TEXTURED FABRIC BEHIND GRILL; OPAQUE TUNING FACE HAS BROWN MARKINGS & INDICATOR DIAL; GOLDTONE FRAME SECURES CLEARCOVER OVER FACE.
Decoration: N/A

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GRIMES RADIO CORP. LTD., Receiver, radio, after 1930, Artifact no. 1998.0125, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0125.001/

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