RCA Console Radio

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

RCA Console Radio

Entry/Object ID

2435

Description

RCA Console Radio. Material: wood, metal, glass. Size: 26 1/2" W. x 41 1/2" H. Description: wooden cabinet; the metal components can be accessed through the back; dial control above four brown plastic tuning knobs at front; printed on the glass dial control cover are names of cities such as: "Vatican City, Lima, Pitts'gh, Prague, Boston, N. York, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Moscow, London, Mexico, Huizen, Paris, Schen'y, Budapest" and "MC 15.10 15.15 15.20 15.25 15.30 15.35 MC", names of cities such as: "Panama City, Winnipeg, Guatemala City, Tokyo, London, Prague, Mexico City, Paris, Boston, Berlin, Rome, N. York, Pittsburgh" and "MC 11.70 11.75 11.80 11.85 11.90", "Standard Broadcast Police" "KC 550 600 700 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 KC", names of cities such as: "Mexico City, Hong Kong, Berlin, London, Moscow, Cartagena, Herida, London, Schen'y, Veracruz, Sp'f'ld, Phila, Panama City, Rome, Buenos Aires" "MC 9.50 9.55 9.60 9.65 MC", names of cities such as: "Guatemala City, Havana, Panama, London, Toronto, Winnipeg, Mexico City, Mapacaibo, Vatican City, Berlin, Boston, Cinci, Chicago, N. York, Pitts'gh, Caracas, Trujillo City, La Ceiba", "MC 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 6.15 6.20 MC."

Context

1936 R.C.A. Console Radio. Presented to the museum by Howard Graham, who purchased it second hand in 1952, from Norman Neste.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

1936

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Radio

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Telecommunication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Telecommunication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

March 29, 2007

Update Date

April 14, 2026