NBC Microphone
- Description (Brief)
- The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was the first major broadcast network in the United States. During the golden age of radio, NBC’s roster of stars included comedians Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, George Burns and Gracie Allen, singer Al Jolson, and conductor Arturo Toscanini. This microphone dates from the 1930s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microphone, inductor
- microphone
- date made
- 1931
- maker
- RCA Corporation
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 4 in x 4 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- EM*311450
- catalog number
- 311450
- accession number
- 148157
- model number
- 618-A
- serial number
- 931
- subject
- 1939 exhibit
- Communications
- Popular Entertainment
- Radio broadcasts
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- 1939 exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- from National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
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