RCA "Radiola V" radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Radiola V / Model AR 885-A / RCA / Licensed only for Amateur / Experimental and Entertainment / use and only to extent indicated / in attached notice." Crystal detector with three stage AF-resistance coupled amplifier. One fixed resistance missing from unit. Tuner has variometer control & variable capacitor. Three filament rheostats are utilized in AF amplifier. Tubes missing, (201A type). Original price: $142.50 in 1923. Allied Van Lines shipping tag #72 on front of unit. REF: "Langley Set Index", page 58. "RCA Service Notes for 1923-1928", "Radiola V, Model AR-885".
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.320928
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320928
label: model number
content: AR 885-A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 24 in x 7 1/4 in; 26.67 cm x 60.96 cm x 18.415 cm