General Information

Serial #

20402680

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC & METAL CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length

18.0 cm

Width

13.0 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TOSHIBA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS RADIO USED 1962- 2000.

Canada

TRANSISTOR RADIOS WERE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT FOR JAPANESE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS IN THE CANADIAN MARKET. THIS MODEL WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR RCA VICTOR CO., LTD. OF MONTREAL.

Function

TO RECEIVE AM RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS, AND REPRODUCE SOUND.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL, HAND HELD TRANSISTOR RADIO MADE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THIS PERIOD. SUCH RADIOS WERE THE FIRSTAPPLICATION OF TRANSISTORS TO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 " RCA VICTOR ", "Six/ TRANSISTOR " and RCA 'Nipper' logo appear on front panel; " 6 TRANSISTOR/ RCA/ MADE IN JAPAN " cast in raised print on casing back. " BATTERY/ 006P/ RAY-O-VAC 1604/ EVEREADY 216/ 93714 " printed on paper liner for battery compartment. Individual components bear model & serial numbers, mfr's markings, etc. Label inside casing back reads " RCA VICTOR/ 6 TRANSISTOR RADIO/ MODEL GP 625/ MADE EXPRESSLY FOR/ RCA VICTOR COMPANY, LTD./ MONTREAL, CANADA/ BATTERY COMPLEMENT: RCA VS-312 "; second label reads " SERIAL/ NO./ 20402680 ". " 93710/ 2 " cast in raised print, below labels.

Missing

NONE. 9V BATTERY REMOVED AND DISCARDED AT TIME OF ACQUISITION.

Finish

RADIO HAS SILVER MESH & CHROME PANEL FRONT, SMOOTH RED SYNTHETIC SIDES, AND OFF-WHITE SYNTHETIC CASING BACK; BLACK CONTROL DIALS.

Decoration

N/A