Westel mechanical television receiver
date: label: Date made
content: c1931
label: date made
content: ca 1931
label: date made
content: ca. 1931
name: label: maker
content: Western Empire State
label: maker
content: Western Television Corp.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A standard console television receiver from around 1930, employing a scanning disc with three sets of lens type openings. Picture unit is located at top of receiver, sound section in the center, with two 8" Jensen speakers at the base of the console. Sound section is a standard broadcast band receiver tuning 540-1500 kilocycles. Serial number 1118, 130V. Marked on sound section: "110-120 Volts / 50-60 cycles / 90 Watts / Echophone Radio Mfg. Co. Ltd. / Waukegan, Ill." On loud speakers: "Jensen Gold Stripe Speaker / Jensen Radio Mfg. Co. / Chicago."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320815
label: catalog number
content: 320815
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: receiver, television
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Object Name
content: mechanical television receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 15 1/2 in x 23 in; 142.24 cm x 39.37 cm x 58.42 cm