Kennedy portable radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: Colin B. Kennedy Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colin B. Kennedy portable radio receiver. Portable carrying case, original handle has been lost and replaced with rope. Panel on top of unit appears to be made from formica. Circuit is a detector and two stage amplifier using UV-199 tubes adapted to Navy sockets. Panel controls include tuning, volume, fine tuning, filament, rheostat (called tube control). Panel jacks are employed for monitoring audio stages. Antenna and ground binding posts are mounted on the panel. Batteries fit into bottom of case. Battery mounting instructions on bottom lid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.241556.001
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 8 in; 36.83 cm x 36.83 cm x 20.32 cm