Rochelle Salt Crystal

Object/Artifact

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Rochelle Salt Crystal from Tibbetts

Rochelle Salt Crystal from Tibbetts

Name/Title

Rochelle Salt Crystal

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2015.41

Description

Rochelle Salt Crystal from Tibbetts Industries. Clear crystal, columnar, 4x7x9 cm. Such crystals were used in early radios, speakers, and microphones. Tibbetts Industries used crystals before the advent of more advanced electronic components in the 1950s.

Collection

Tibbetts

Cataloged By

Ken Gross

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2015.41

Source or Donor

Tibbetts Industries

Acquisition Method

Unknown

Lexicon

Search Terms

Tibbetts, Industry

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Rochelle Salt Crystal

Location

Location

Shelf

Shelf 4

Cabinet

Unit 2

Room

Vault

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Ken Gross

Inventoried Date

Apr 3, 2018

General Notes

Note

Notes: The crystal is in a box originally labelled WHC 2015.13. However, that accession number had already been used however for an object that was de-accessioned; the crystal has been re-assigned accession number WHC 2015.41.

Created By

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Create Date

April 3, 2018

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025