Receiver, television

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OBJECT TYPE: B&W/portable/8 in.
DATE: 1956
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2006.0201.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Victor
MODEL: 8-PT-7030
LOCATION: Camden, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: B9305140
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal and synthetic casing and parts with a glass screen and tube.

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Height: 26.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Camden

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: ca. 1950 - 1985
Canada: Purchased in Ottawa in the early 1950s. The donor and his wife used to take this television set to Toronto when visiting his parents because they did not have a television of their own. Also, the donor’s son took this television with him when he went to university in the mid-1970s.
Function: To receive television broadcast signals and to convert them into black and white video of stationary or moving objects.
Technical: An example of early portable televisions.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On the proper top: "RCA Victor"/ On labels on the proper bottom: "DO NOT REMOVE/ B9305140/ SERIAL NO"/ "THIS RECEIVER CERTIFICATED BY RCA FOR COMPLIANCE/ WITH FCC PART 15 RULES. Printed in U.S.A. 932264-1"/ "RCA VICTOR [R] MODEL 8-PT-7030/ 115 VOLTS AC 60 CYCLES 90 WATTS/ MADE IN U.S.A./ SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE/ RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA, CAMDEN 8, N.J. *9322256-1"/ Remains of a label on the proper back: "AVE./ OTTAWA 3, ONT."
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Red finished exterior casing with a brass-coloured bezel and stand parts, and silver-coloured antennas. The screen on the proper front is grey.
Decoration: N/A

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