American Electric / Burns "Horn Driver" loudspeaker driver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: American Electric Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "American Electric Chicago"; label on top reads: "Burns / Made in / U.S.A." A commercial loud speaker driver, using the magnetic headphone principle. Two binding posts on side of metal can flanking a threaded attach point. A hex nut on a bolt that emerges from the back holds the unit together. Brass sleeve to connect to speaker horn. Unit mounts horizontally on a base (missing) rather than being built into the base or serving as the base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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.323272
label: catalog number
content: 323272
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Loudspeaker Driver
label: Other Terms
content: Loudspeaker Driver; Audio Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm