RCA TRK-12 Television
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: From 1939 to 1941, about 7,000 television sets were sold. This new technology was out of reach for most Americans as sets ranged from $200 to $600. Television broadcasts were limited to a few large cities such as New York and Los Angeles; they became available across the country only after World War II. This early set, serial number 32, was used for limited, experimental service in the New York area.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Communications
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content: 1939 exhibit
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Col. Frank E. Mason
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.326100
label: catalog number
content: 326100
label: accession number
content: 258911
label: model number
content: TRK-12
label: serial number
content: 32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: television receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 3/4 in x 34 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 103.505 cm x 87.63 cm x 52.07 cm