U.S. Army Signal Corps / De Forest model BC-19-A radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1919
label: date made
content: c 1919
name: label: maker
content: De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Signal Corps U.S. Army / Vacuum Tube Detector / Set Box type BC-19-A / Order No. 130744 / Date: Aug. 26, 1919 / Made by De Forest Radio / Tel & Tel. Co., New York". Unit is actually a vacuum tube control box needing a separate tuner. A 216-A type triode is employed. Schematic diagram glued under top lid.
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.320708
label: catalog number
content: 320708
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 6 in x 7 in; 17.78 cm x 15.24 cm x 17.78 cm