Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 8 Band/World-Wide
- DATE
- 1956
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0073.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hallicrafters Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- TW-2000
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 167757
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Outer case possibly wood coated with leatherette; inner workings unidentified non-ferrous metal, steel & plastic; rubber & fabric coated cables; glass vacuum tubes; plastic handle; glass window; brass trim, handle (to open lid), name plate & knobs; plastic screening; steel fasteners.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.5 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 31.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hallicrafters
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
For reception of standard broadcast, long wave (incl. air & marine navigational beacons) & short wave (incl. amateur, police, ships & aircraft) radio signals worldwide. This radio was possibly used by crew participating in activities surrounding the creation of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering on name plate on lid reads: "hallicrafters/Precision Built"; lettering on adhesice sticker affixed to inner mechanism reads: "CSA Approvals Laboratories/APPROVED/POWER OPERATED/RADIO/S-3569"; Lettering on adhesice sticker affixed to inner mechanism reads: " MODEL/[blank]/SERIAL NO./167757"; printed lettering on adhesive sticker affixed to inside of door at back reads: "the hallicrafters CANADA LIMITED/TORONTO - ONTARIO/MODEL TW-2000/105-120 VOLTS DC TO 60 CY. 11 VA./OR 90 VOLT B & 9 VOLT A BATT./Licenced by/CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LIMITED/1936 - 1956 INCLUSIVE"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Exterior, incl. carrying handle, is predom. redddish-brown with brass trim, knobs, handle (to open lid), name plate & whip antenna; dial has light green graduated numbering & lettering on black background behind clear window; world map under lid showing time zones is gold detail on black background.
- Decoration
- none
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Hallicrafters Canada Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1956, Artifact no. 2009.0073, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2009.0073.001/
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