Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUPERHET/AC/TABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0325.001
- MANUFACTURER
- THORCRAFT RADIO CO.
- MODEL
- 85 ET
- LOCATION
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 5465
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CABINET; METAL, SYNTHETIC, FIBRE AND RUBBER FITTINGS AND COMPONENT PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.5 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 17.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- THORCRAFT
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1950S+
- Canada
-
EARLY SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER MFD IN WINNIPEG, MB BY THORCRAFT RADIO CO., IN THE 1950S. - Function
-
TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS. - Technical
-
FIRST MARKETED IN 1924, SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS WERE MORE STABLE, ACHIEVED HIGHER LEVELS OF AMPLIFICATION, AND OFFERED SIMPLER TUNING & BETTER SELECTIVITY THAN OTHER TYPES. BY 1930 SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS DOMINATED THE DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL RECEIVER MARKETS AND REMAIN THE BASIC RADIO CIRCUIT IN USE TODAY (2001). (1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Thorcraft" and tuning scale marked 55-160 on radio front. "LICENSED BY CANADIAN PATENTS/ MODEL 85 ET/ DISCONNECT POWER CORD BEFORE REMOVING BACK COVER/ SERIAL NO. 5465/ MADE IN CANADA/ Thorcraft Radio Co./ WINNIPEG, CANADA/ 105-120/ AC-DC VOLTS" printed on back panel. Decal in lower right corner reads "[CSA logo]/ Approval Laboratories/ APPROVED/ [text missing]R OPERATED/ RADIO/ S-3490". "PHONO" and "ANT." connections labelled.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN. From CA of 12/19/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- MEDIUM BROWN WOOD CABINET. BROWN AND GOLDTONE COATED WOVENFABRIC SPEAKER CLOTH. DARK BROWN MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS ON CABINET FRONT. BROWN RUBBER COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD. PRESSBOARD BACK PANEL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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THORCRAFT RADIO CO., Receiver, radio, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 2001.0325, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0325.001/
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