Vocaphone model 235-A radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1921
name: label: maker
content: John Firth & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Model - A / Vocaphone / Type 235-A / John Firth & Co., Inc. / New York, N.Y." This receiver employs three 201A type tubes in a circuit consisting of a single RF stage, a detector and two audio stages. A built-in "Vocaloud" loudspeaker is included with an ON-OFF switch. Cabinet is of mahogany. Three filament rheostats on front panel. Original price $135. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #66 on faceplate. REF: John Firth Co. "Vocaphone" Catalog sheet, 1921; Clark Collection: SRM 60-078.
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.320726
label: catalog number
content: 320726
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 18 in x 7 3/4 in; 25.4 cm x 45.72 cm x 19.685 cm