Prop Radio from <i>The Waltons</i> TV series
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: manufacturer
content: Zenith
label: maker
content: Zenith
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A non-working prop replica of a 1930s table top radio was a central feature of the setting for the TV series <i>The Waltons</i>. Designed in classic Art Deco style, the radio functioned as an “electronic hearth” around which the Walton family gathered to learn news of the world outside of its bucolic surroundings. The series was broadcast on the CBS television network from 1970 through 1979. The show centered on a close-knit family in rural Virginia, which was patterned on the family of Earl Hamner, Jr., the series author.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: general subject association
content: Television
label: related event
content: Great Depression
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lorimar, through Earl Hamner and Lee Rich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0119.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0119.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Radio
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 18 in x 14 in; 59.055 cm x 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm