General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARDBOARD COVER; PAPER PAGES; METAL RINGS SECURE PAGES & COVER.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

10.3 cm

Height

1.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Copp Clark

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS RADIO LOG BOOK USED IN 1920S, AND POSSIBLY IN THE EARLY 1930S.

Canada

PRODUCED BY CANADIAN CO. FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CANADIAN CO., AND USED BY A RESIDENT OF THE MONTREAL AREA.

Function

TO RECORD THE POSITION OF RADIO DIALS ( ON MULTI-DIAL SETS ) SO THE SAME RADIO STATION COULD BE LOCATED AGAIN QUICKLY.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO LOCATE RADIO STATIONS ON MULTI-DIAL SETS BEFORE THEY WERE GRADUATED IN FREQUENCIES. EARLY SETS HAD 2 OR3 TUNING DIALS OR KNOBS, USUALLY GRADUATED FROM 0 TO 100. ONCE THE OPERATOR FOUND ( IE. WAS ABLE TO TUNE IN TO ) A STATION, HE/ SHE USUALLY KEPT A RECORD OF WHERE THE DIALS ON THE SET WERE POSITIONED SO HE/SHE COULD FIND THAT STATION AGAIN. (AS PER EAD )

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Front cover reads: " RADIO LOG/ Largest Exclusive Radio/ House in Canada/ [logo]/ Standard Radio/ Equipment/ Telephone/ Plateau 4200/ RADIO LIMITED/ 497 Philips Square,- Montreal/ PATENT APPLIED FOR MADE BY THE COPP CLARK CO. LIMITED, TORONTO ". Each page bears labelled tab, arranged alphabetically; each page divided into columns headed " CITY CALL WAVE/LENGTH DIST-/ANCE 1ST/DIAL 2ND/DIAL 3RD/DIAL ". Log entries written by hand by owner.

Missing

NONE

Finish

LIGHT BROWN COLOURED FRONT COVER; BACK COVER IS GREEN. BUFF-COLOURED PAGES.

Decoration

N/A