Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-STD BCST/SUPERHET/BATTERY/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0238.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Emerson Television & Radio
- MODEL
- 888 PIONEER
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 5617
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 11.9 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
- Emerson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- AFTER 1958. THIS SET USED UNTIL C.1990
- Canada
-
SOLD & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE STANDARD AM RADIO BROADCASTS - Technical
-
REPRESENTS THE PERIOD WHEN TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS HAD PASSED THE NOVELTY STAGE & WERE BECOMING MAIN STREAM PORTABLES. THIS SET ALONG WITH 860380 (VANGUARD MODEL) DEMONSTRATES THE USE OF ONE CHASSIS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT CASES TO APPEAL TO A VARIETY OF BUYERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CASE: NO MARKINGS/ RADIO: ON FRONT: 'EMERSON/ Emerson/ Television/ and Radio'/ ON DIAL: '55 6 7 8 10 16 EIGHT TRANSISTORS'/ LABEL INSIDE BACK: 'SERIAL NO. 5617/ MODEL 888/ INSTALL LEAKPROOF PENLIGHT BATTERIES/ SIZE A-A THIS WAY/ THIS/ END/ DOWN/ INSTALL MERCURY BATTERIES THIS WAY/ WARNING - DAMAGE MAY RESULT IF WRONGLY FITTED'*
- Missing
- BATTERIES
- Finish
- WHITE RADIO WITH GOLD DIALS, PRINTING & SPEAKER COVER/ BROWN CASE WITH YELLOW STITCHING
- Decoration
- EMERSON LOGO ON FRONT/DECORATIVE CUT-OUT FOR SPEAKER COVER
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Emerson Television & Radio, Receiver, radio, circa 1958, Artifact no. 1994.0238, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0238.001/
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