Radio Speaker

Object/Artifact

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Raupp Museum

Name/Title

Radio Speaker

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.002

Description

One (1) RCA Loudspeaker, model 100A. Speaker is a brown circular design with a rectangular base. Exterior is brown painted metal with a cardboard base underneath with a sticker about the radio and copyright details. The speaker has a brown two-toned color mesh cloth cover in center on both sides, with only the front still covered. There is a decorative embossed geometric design around the rounded front. On the back, the cloth covering has been almost completely removed, revealing a silver metal mechanism in center attached to a black cone to project sound forward. On the back, bottom, is embossed "See License Notice on Bottom". There is a brown cloth cord attached in the center, back bottom, which has two auxiliary cords at the end (thin metal conical plugs). On the bottom is a black and yellow paper label (yellow text) with copyright information, including a paragraph underneath the title. Included is the serial number: 2091365. From the Radio Corporation of America.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1927

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

15 in

Depth

7-1/2 in

Diameter

7 in

Material

Metal, Cloth, Paper

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair