RCA "Vidicon" television camera, "Creepie-Peepie" portable unit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1952
label: date made
content: ca. 1952
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Three parts: camera, backpack transmitter and antenna. The first model of a truly portable television pickup unit, one of the type used at the 1952 National Presidential Conventions. The equipment is externally complete (except for the lenses), but some of the internal circuit components have been removed. The transmitter mounts on the back of the operator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from RCA David Sarnoff Research Center, thru J.S. Donal, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.319185
label: catalog number
content: 319185
label: accession number
content: 236304
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera, Television & transmitter (portable)
label: Object Name
content: television camera
label: Other Terms
content: Camera, Television, Vidicon; Camera, Television & transmitter (portable); Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: camera: 5 in x 5 in x 9 in; 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: backpack: 21 1/2 in x 13 in x 6 3/4 in; 54.61 cm x 33.02 cm x 17.145 cm