Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-STD BCST/SUPERHET/BATTERY/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1957–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0146.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Ltd.
- MODEL
- TR-72
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10177
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASE/ METAL TRIM & HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 19.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sony
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CA. 1957 & LATER
- Canada
-
ONE OF THE EARLY MODELS (TR-55 WAS THE FIRST) TO BE BROUGHT INTO CANADA & NORTH AMERICA - Function
-
TO RECEIVE STANDARD AM RADIO BROADCASTS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS PROBABLY THE SECOND MODEL OF TRANSISTOR RADIO TO BE MADE BY SONY AND BROUGHT INTO CANADA BY GENERALDISTRIBUTING (GENDIS) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP KNOB: 'GENDIS SONY 53 6 7 8 9 11 16'/ ALONG BACK: '7 TRANSISTOR SUPER HET SONY-RADIO MODEL TR-72 TOKYO TSUSHIN KOGYO, LTD. made in Japan'/ ON FRONT: 'Sony/ TRANSISTORIZED'/ BACK OF SPEAKER: 'Serial No./ 10177/ Sony/ TOKYO TSUSHIN KOGYO, LTD.'
- Missing
- NO HEADPHONE OR PAPERWORK/ 3 1.5V BATTERIES From CA of 01/19/1996 by Tony Missio: No - Appears complete
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ GOLD COLOURED KNOBS, FRONT PANEL & HANDLE
- Decoration
- FRONT PANEL: BASKET WEAVE PATTERN/ KNOBS HAVE VERTICAL RIDGES AROUND OUTSIDE EDGE
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1957–1960, Artifact no. 1993.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0146.001/
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