Novelty Radio crystal radio recever
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: Novelty Radio Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Novelty Radio mfg. Co. / St. Louis, Mo." Unit is an early crystal radio receiver with a fixed detector element. Cat's whisker wire is missing from unit under metal cap. A metal knurled know provides station tuning. Binding posts for ground, antenna, and headphone connections. Metal frame, wooden base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.321764
label: catalog number
content: 321764
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: crystal radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 12.065 cm