Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/AC/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1962
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TOSHIBA
- MODEL
- GP 625
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 20402680
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TOSHIBA
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS RADIO USED 1962- 2000.
- Canada
-
TRANSISTOR RADIOS WERE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT FOR JAPANESE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS IN THE CANADIAN MARKET. THIS MODEL WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR RCA VICTOR CO., LTD. OF MONTREAL. - Function
-
TO RECEIVE AM RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS, AND REPRODUCE SOUND. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SMALL, HAND HELD TRANSISTOR RADIO MADE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THIS PERIOD. SUCH RADIOS WERE THE FIRSTAPPLICATION OF TRANSISTORS TO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 " RCA VICTOR ", "Six/ TRANSISTOR " and RCA 'Nipper' logo appear on front panel; " 6 TRANSISTOR/ RCA/ MADE IN JAPAN " cast in raised print on casing back. " BATTERY/ 006P/ RAY-O-VAC 1604/ EVEREADY 216/ 93714 " printed on paper liner for battery compartment. Individual components bear model & serial numbers, mfr's markings, etc. Label inside casing back reads " RCA VICTOR/ 6 TRANSISTOR RADIO/ MODEL GP 625/ MADE EXPRESSLY FOR/ RCA VICTOR COMPANY, LTD./ MONTREAL, CANADA/ BATTERY COMPLEMENT: RCA VS-312 "; second label reads " SERIAL/ NO./ 20402680 ". " 93710/ 2 " cast in raised print, below labels.
- Missing
- NONE. 9V BATTERY REMOVED AND DISCARDED AT TIME OF ACQUISITION.
- Finish
- RADIO HAS SILVER MESH & CHROME PANEL FRONT, SMOOTH RED SYNTHETIC SIDES, AND OFF-WHITE SYNTHETIC CASING BACK; BLACK CONTROL DIALS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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TOSHIBA, Receiver, radio, 1962, Artifact no. 2000.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2000.0002.001/
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