Name/Title
RadioEntry/Object ID
1993.223Description
Radio fragment consisting of three brown painted rectangular metal boxes (very heavy) mounted on base with 11 flat screw topped metal plates on side. long silk covered cord with black round bakalite plug.
Label is marked: Early Atwater Kent Radio Set 1920-22. Mr. Kent had his huge factories in Germantown on Wissahickon Drive and for several years was the largest producer of radios in the United States, and for some time [was] a resident of Germantown. He was born in 1873 and died in 1849. These early sets were very complicated and had many parts. From this set, the batteries which were heavy and unwieldy are missing.Dimensions
Height
7 inWidth
9-3/8 inDepth
6-5/8 in