Westel pedestal-style 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: Mechanical television receiver, floor model (pedestal style), Six knobs on front; two dials marked Westel, top dial: 0-100 (adjusts image: intensity, etc.), bottom dial: 0-1500 (adjusts sound), 110-120 volts, 50-60 cycles, 90 watts, Echophone Radio Mfg. Co. Ltd. Waukegan, Ill. (on loud-speaker labels), Jensen Gold Stripe Speaker Jensen radio Mfg. Co., Chicago, A standard console television receiver, 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-inch Jensen speakers at the base of the console. Sound section is a standard broadcast band receiver tuning 540-1500 kilocycles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the State University of Iowa, thru E. B. Kurtz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.318215
label: accession number
content: 229310
label: catalog number
content: 318215
objectType: label: Object Name
content: television
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Object Name
content: mechanical television receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 15 in x 20 1/2 in; 142.24 cm x 38.1 cm x 52.07 cm