Receiver, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: BATTERY/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
DATE: 1958–1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0360.001

MANUFACTURER: Zenith Radio Corp.
MODEL: ROYAL 500
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 26409
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NYLON; OTHER SYNTHETICS; METAL HARDWARE & HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 9.4 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Height: 14.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Zenith
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1950'S TO 1970'S
Canada: SAMPLE OF EARLY TRANSISTOR RADIO USED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY STANDARD RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS.
Technical: THIS MODEL SET THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BY WHICH MOST OTHER TRANSISTOR SETS WERE COMPARED
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON FRONT: 'ZENITH'/ AROUND KNOBS: 'OFF VOLUME' '5 6 7 8 10 14'/ ON BACK: 'ZENITH [LOGO]/ ROYAL "500"/ Tubeless All Transistor [IN CURSIVE]/ UNBREAKABLE NYLON'/ LABEL INSIDE BATTERY CASE READS IN PART: 'Chassis 7XT40Z1/ This apparatus is licensed under the/ United States Patent rights ofHazeltine/ Research Inc./ ZENITH/ Trademark Registered.../ ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois/ Made in United States of America'/ '26409'
Missing: 2 "AA" BATTERIES From CA of 06/14/1996 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: WINE WITH 'GOLD' TRIM
Decoration: N/A

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Zenith Radio Corp., Receiver, radio, between 1958–1963, Artifact no. 1980.0360, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0360.001/

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