RCA "Radiotron" type WD radio tube socket with WD11 tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: RCA Radiotron type WD radio tube socket, 4-pin square plastic block with four binding posts. Stamped: "Radiotron / WD / Socket / Patent [RCA logo] Pending / S#365136". Found with an RCA type WD-11 triode installed. A 4-pin plastic base with brass pins, tipless T-shaped envelope. White coating on press.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Susan Horle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.314128
label: catalog number
content: 314128
label: accession number
content: 195337
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: tube socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm