RCA 5820 image orthicon
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 3" diameter commercial type 5820 image orthicon (television pickup) tube with 14-pin plastic base, glass T-shaped envelope. Marked: "5820 / C148" and "RCA Radiotron / Electron / Tube / Made in U.S.A. / 0-O4". Original record notes a marking "2243" but this is not now visible. Mounted on wooden display stand.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Mrs. Charles Singer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.336878
label: catalog number
content: 336878
label: accession number
content: 1978.2347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Image Orthicon
label: Object Name
content: television tube
label: Object Name
content: cathode ray tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Image Orthicon; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tube: 15 5/16 in x 2 7/8 in; 38.9255 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: on stand: 5 in x 17 in x 4 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 43.18 cm x 10.795 cm