MESCO galena crystal radio frequency detector
date: label: date made
content: ca 1919
name: label: maker
content: Manhattan Electric Supply Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A black ceramic base on which is mounted a binding post and crystal holder on one end, and another binding post and cat’s whisker assembly on the other end. A galena crystal is in the holder. The cat’s whisker can pivot horizontally and vertically. No extant maker’s marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325345
label: catalog number
content: 325345
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Detector, Crystal
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: crystal radio
label: Other Terms
content: Detector, Crystal; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm