Radiola 44 Receiver
RCA, Camden, New Jersey
1929
Model AR-594, wooden cabinet, hinged top lid, 1 knob on front (tuning and volume), toggle switch on each end, 3 tubes, missing external speaker
Overall: 26 × 11 × 10 in. (66 × 27.9 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.20
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Radio
Not on view
Published References
www.radiolaguy.com (1/2007), says listed for $110 in Sept. 1929 when released.
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Allen King to the Dartmouth College Museum, December 1965; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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