Hallicrafters S-40 radio receiver
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1946
name: label: maker
content: Hallicrafters, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Amateurs began making home radios to transmit and receive messages early in the 1900s. As part of the 1912 Radio Act, these "hams" were assigned to the short-wave part of the radio spectrum. Radio operators around the world learned code, formed clubs, and exchanged cards listing their license numbers.
label: Description
content: In 1933, radio enthusiast William (Bill) J. Halligan of Chicago founded The Hallicrafters, Inc. The firm sold radios and other electronic components. Ham radio operation in the U.S. was suspended during World War II, and Hallicrafters devoted its resources to producing military goods.
label: Description
content: After the war, it resumed production for consumers. Hobbyists bought receivers like this one. This sturdy object was owned by Charles E. Dennison, a longtime employee of the Smithsonian Institution.
label: Description
content: Reference: Max de Henseler, "When the Sky was the Limit, The Hallicrafters Story 1933-1975," unpublished manuscript.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Charles E. Dennison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.334935
label: catalog number
content: 334935
label: accession number
content: 315488
label: model number
content: S-40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 46.99 cm x 26.67 cm