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OFF GASSING / SMELLY PLASTIC DISEASE

Date1948-1950
Inventory NumberRS0276
ClassificationRadio
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions6.5 x 23 x 12 cm (2 9/16 x 9 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionAudio Instrument, Radio Receiver by Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation, New York. Rectangular white box with black rubber handle on one side. Top lid opens and side of receiver hinged to open. Inside top panel gold colored. 2 white dials for radio, horizontal slits for grill. Curved station display.
          In Collection(s)
          Signedwritten on top panel: Emerson written on station panel: EMERSON RADIO AND PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION, N.Y,M U.S.A. circular panel on top of lid: (Emerson logo) Emerson / Radio and / Television
          MISSING KNOBS, PARTS.  PLASTIC DISEASE
          Zenith Radio Corporation
          Date: circa 1951-1958
          Object number: RS0285
          PLASTIC BREAKING DOWN / CORROSION / OFF-GASSING
          Zenith Radio Corporation
          Date: circa 1959
          Accessories: Extra handle and earplug; leather carrying case; manual
          Object number: RS0278
          Clapp-Eastham drop-front radio receiver
          Clapp-Eastham Company
          Date: circa 1923
          Accessories: 3 cylindrical batteries (Eveready, Columbia) (removed during FAE inventory). Bracket.
          Object number: RS0585
          Emerson 12BA6 remote cut-off pentode tube
          Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation
          Date: 1946-1960
          Object number: VT0015
          Hallicrafters model S-38C multiband AM radio receiver
          Hallicrafters Company
          Date: 1953-1955
          Object number: RS0033
          Edison phonograph wax cylinder
          Columbia Phonograph Company
          Date: circa 1904
          Accessories: hollow, cylindrical, paper case
          Object number: 8507
          Zenith Royal 2000 Trans-Symphony transistor radio
          Zenith Radio Corporation
          Date: 1961
          Accessories: Operating guide, behind rear panel. There is a shoebox with a handle and an antenna.
          Object number: RS0034
          AK model 35 radio receiver
          Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
          Date: 1926
          Object number: RS0583
          National model SW-4 Thrill Box radio receiver
          National Company, Inc.
          Date: 1929
          Object number: RS0284
          Freshman Masterpiece 5F4 slant panel table radio receiver
          Charles Freshman Company, Inc.
          Date: 1925
          Object number: RS0580
          Kellogg model 515 radio receiver
          Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company
          Date: circa 1928
          Object number: RS0549
          Majestic International table radio
          Majestic International
          Date: circa 1935
          Object number: RS0381