Penetrola radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Made by Walbert Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Il. Marked on front: "Penetrola". A small single tube radio receiver using a 201A triode. A Univernier condenser acts as a station selector. Interval construction inside a metal can 5.25 diameter x 6" high. Battery connections made to rear of panel. Filament rheostat on bakelite panel. May have been a kit-built unit.
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.321323
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321323
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 9 in; 26.67 cm x 29.21 cm x 22.86 cm