Mydar "Accuratune" vernier radio dial
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A vernier dial for radio tuning. Shield-shaped plastic plate with art deco motif, single control knob operates a friction plate with leaf-spring tensioner, paper scale. Molded on back: "Accuratune / Made in U.S.A."; scale printed "0" and "100" split red and black, 10 to 90 in red on one side, 0 to 90 in black on the other side. Reference: Mydar Radio Company, Newark, NJ. advertisement reprinted in Harold Greenwood, "Pictorial Album of Wireless and Radio," page 200.
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.241556.734
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.734
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio dial
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.81 cm