U.S. Army Signal Corps model BC-14A radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1918
label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: General Radio Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Signal Corps, U.S. Army / Radio Receiving Set Box / Type BC-14A Order No. 42730 / Date: June 21, 1918 / Made by / General Radio Co. / Cambridge, Mass". A World War I crystal receiver for military use. Unit mounted in a wooden case with hinged lid. Detector element housed in protective glass case. Cat's whisker spring. Reference: instruction leaflet under top lid & in box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321399
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 31.75 cm x 21.59 cm