DuMont "Revere" Television Receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1947
label: associated date
content: 1949
name: label: maker
content: DuMont Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The production of television sets was suspended in the U.S. during World War Two but quickly resumed after the war ended. This model 101 “Revere” television made by DuMont Company included an AM-FM-short wave radio receiver with high fidelity amplifier, and a record changer. Founded by Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965), the company established a television network and produced sets throughout the 1950s. The original list price of this 1947 Revere was $1795.00, equivalent to almost $18,500.00 in 2013.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Ethel DuMont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327729
label: catalog number
content: 327729
label: accession number
content: 270106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Other Terms
content: television receiver; Television
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 3/8 in x 43 1/2 in x 25 3/8 in; 94.9325 cm x 110.49 cm x 64.4525 cm