Bakelite Radio Knob
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1922
label: date made
content: after. 1922
notes: label: Description
content: The “Patented June 20 -1922 / Made in U.S.A.” inscription on this black Bakelite radio dial refers to Robert W. Tait, “Combined Knob and Dial for Radio Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 1,420,295 (June 20, 1922).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0976.47
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0976.47
label: accession number
content: 1981.0976
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio dial
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Radio Dial
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 mm x 102 mm; 1 1/4 in x 4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 in; 3.81 cm x 10.16 cm