Federal Radio Receiver, DX Type 58, 1922
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By the late 1920s, radio tuners, detectors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers began to condense into one unit, housed within an attractive wooden or metal cabinet. The standalone nature of this radio tuner puts it in an earlier era of radio -- as a field for amateur operators, commercial technicians, and military communications experts -- rather than the domain of "passive" home listeners.
By the late 1920s, radio tuners, detectors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers began to condense into one unit, housed within an attractive wooden or metal cabinet. The standalone nature of this radio tuner puts it in an earlier era of radio -- as a field for amateur operators, commercial technicians, and military communications experts -- rather than the domain of "passive" home listeners.
Artifact
Radio receiver
Date Made
1922
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
37.332.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Bakelite (TM)
Rubber (Material)
Steel (Alloy)
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 in
Width: 9.25 in
Length: 17.5 in
Inscriptions
front: Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co. Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. DX Type 58
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