Crosley model VIII radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1923
label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: Crosley
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: (Engraved panel reads) Crosley, Cincinnati, Mode VIII. (Under top lid, plate reads) Manufactured by / Crosley Manufacturing Co. / Cincinnati, Ohio. Pictorial diagram of receiver attached to lid. Portable cabinet with carrying strap. Battery connections are shown. This specimen is a regenerative detector using three WD-12 tubes and employing a tuned RF stage and single audio output stage. Panel controls include switch taps for varying inductance, a regenerative control, filament rheostats, book-condenser tuner, and appropriate binding posts for antenna, ground and headphone connections. Price of this portable unit was $60.00 in 1923. REF: "Langley Set Index", page 17.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.321221
label: catalog number
content: 321221
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 19 in x 9 1/4 in; 27.305 cm x 48.26 cm x 23.495 cm