50 Years of High Design in Home Radio

This group of radios documents 50 years of design, showing a dynamic range of materials and forms—from Bakelite to glass, the glamorous to the ubiquitous, space age to the miniature age.

Sparton Radio Model 558-B, 1937

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Model E-514 Temple Radio, 1945

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Detrola Radio, Model 57IX, 1946

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Philco Transitone Portable Radio, Model 49-602, 1948-1949

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Crosley Portable Radio, Model E15-TN, 1953

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Heathkit Portable AM Transistor Radio, Model XR-2P, circa 1962

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Weltron Model 2001 Eight-Track Tape Player, circa 1970

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Zenith "My Radio" Pendant Transistor Radio, circa 1970

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Sharp QT 50 Portable Radio Cassette Player, 1986

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Keywords	FM radio radio engineering design technology
Themes	Design & Making Communications & Information Technology

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