Jensen B-81 Speaker
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1953
name: label: manufacturer
content: Jensen Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This speaker was made by Jensen Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, around 1947-1953. It is a Bass Reflex speaker, model B-81, made of a wood and fiberboard shell, with metal trim, two fabric covered speaker holes, and wire connections. This speaker was used by WANN (1190) radio station in Annapolis, Maryland. There is a printed label on the back of the speaker:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jensen<br>Bass Reflex<br>Model B-81 CABINET, CATALOG NO. ST-741<br>SPECIFICATION NO. C4907<br>[additional printed information]</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>WANN (1190 AM) was a radio station based out of Annapolis, Maryland that primarily served the area's growing African American community. Morris Blum founded it in 1946, and it broadcast to the entire mid-Atlantic region. The station was home to disc jockey Charles "Hoppy" Adams starting in the early 1950s. Adams hosted weekly events at a local African American only beach, Carr's Beach, which were popular with the area's youth population. </p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>WANN continued to program gospel, rhythm and blues, and public affairs features until 1992 when the station changed to a mainstream country format with the catchphrase “Bay Country 1190.” Around 1998, the station changed ownership and became WBIS, broadcasting a News Talk Information format.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Morris H. Blum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0319.18
label: accession number
content: 2002.0319
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0319.18
label: model number
content: B-81
objectType: label: Object Name
content: speaker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 18 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in; 59.055 cm x 46.99 cm x 23.495 cm