Western Electric Type 88A Amplifier Used by Detroit News Station W8XWJ, 1936

Artifact

Radio frequency amplifier

Date Made

1936

Creators

Western Electric Company 

Keywords

United States, Michigan, Detroit 

Amplifiers 

Radio frequency amplifiers 

Shortwave radio stations 

Radio stations 

News agencies 

Communication 

Detroit News (Firm) 

WWJ (Radio station : Detroit, Mich.) 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

40.528.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Glass (Material)
Wire

Color

Gray (Color)
Silver (Color)
Black (Color)

Inscriptions

on plate at top: Western Electric on plate on back: Western Electric / USA / 88 A AMPLIFIER / PATENT / 1329283 / [...] / 1560332 / SERIAL NO 105