RCA TRK-5 television receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1939
label: associated date
content: 1940
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Floor model television console with a 5-inch screen near the top center of the front. Below the screen is the dial for the radio section which has three bands: shortwave (from 6 to 22 MHZ), standard broadcast (from 550-1500 KHZ), and medium wave (from 2 to 6 MHZ). Dial has 2 knobs, one on each side. The one on the left appears to be off/on volume control and right one a band selector. Below the dials are 3 controls for the TV section, a contrast / brightness control, a station selector with 5 position and a horizontal, hold / vertical hold control. Speaker is located below the TV controls. On the back are more controls, horizontal, centering, height and width controls. A paper label pasted to the back has the model number and a list of patent numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from RCA Corporation, thru Anthony Sylvester
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330476
label: catalog number
content: 330476
label: accession number
content: 298717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Television receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Television receiver; Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 in x 30 in x 21 in; 109.22 cm x 76.2 cm x 53.34 cm