Speaker
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORN
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0351.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JEWETT RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS LTD.
- MODEL
- SUPERSPEAKER
- LOCATION
- Walkerville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, WOOD & FABRIC-COVERED SPEAKER HORN. WOVEN FABRIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD..2 CERAMIC(?) BASE FITTED WITH METAL KNOB AND FELT-PAD ON UNDERSIDE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 82.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JEWETT
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Walkerville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SPEAKER USED 1920S+
- Canada
-
HORN-STYLE SPEAKER MADE IN WALKERVILLE, ON BY JEWETT RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS LTD. IN 1920S. - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO AUDIO WAVES AND AMPLIFY THE SOUND. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "The/ Superspeaker/ TRADE MARK/ PATENT PENDING" marked in goldtone print on lower front inside edge of speaker horn..2 "MANUFACTURED BY/ Jewett Radio-Phonographs Limited/ WALKERVILLE ONTARIO." marked in goldtone print on main body of base.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN. From CA of 12/18/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- .1 DARK BROWN CRACKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON SPEAKER HORN..2 DARK BROWN SMOOTH PAINTED (?) FINISHON SPEAKER BASE; GREEN FELT (?) PAD ON UNDERSIDE; DARK GREEN WOVEN FABRIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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JEWETT RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS LTD., Speaker, between 1920–1929, Artifact no. 2001.0351, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0351.001/
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