Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/AC-DC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0237.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- MIDGE 5508
- LOCATION
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 21632
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MOLDED PLASTIC CASE/ PARTICLE BOARD BACK PANEL/ METAL AND GLASS WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 15.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Belleville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950s AND 1960s
- Canada
-
DESIGNED AND BUILT IN TORONTO - Function
-
TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE & AMPLIFY AM STANDARD BROADCAST SIGNALS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF POST WWII DESIGN OF SMALL, RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE TABLE RADIO - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON FRONT: 'Northern MIDGE Electric'/ STAMPED ON BACK: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ MODEL 5508/ SERIAL 21632/ 117V. A.C.-D.C..30 AMPS/ 25-60 CYCLES/ MADE IN CANADA'/ LABEL ON BOTTOM READS: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO/ RADIO RECEIVER MODEL 5508/ LICENSED BY CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LIMITED ONLY FOR NON-/ COMMERCIAL RECEPTION OF RADIO TELEPHONE BROADCASTING/ PATENTED 1930, 1933, 1937'
- Missing
- COMPLETE From CA of 05/21/1996 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BROWN CASE/ GOLD COLOURED DIAL PLATE WITH WHITE NUMBERS AND KNOBS/ GOLD LETTERING ON FRONT
- Decoration
- LARGE HORIZONTAL RIDGES ON ONE HALF OF FRONT AND AROUND ONE SIDE/ CIRCULAR DIAL PLATE MOUNTED BY A LARGE DIAL KNOB ON LEFT FRONT SIDE/ FRONTBISECTED BY 45 DEGREE RIDGE
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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Receiver, radio, circa 1950–1951, Artifact no. 1988.0237, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0237.001/
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