Sleeper "Scout 64" radio receiver chassis

Description (Brief):

Marked: Sleeper Electric / Alternating Current / 90-125 Volts AC 60 Cycles. / No. 113227 / Made in USA by / Sleeper Radio & Mfg. Corp. / Long Island City, N.Y. / Pats. Pending". Unit appears to be the chassis from a "Sleeper Scout 64" tuned radio frequency (TRF) receiver. Unit employs five tubes including a UX-171 power output tube. Other tubes cited as UV-201A and UX-216B. Two tubes are missing. Wavelength control has a two-gang tuning capacitor, and antenna control has a single section capacitor. No cabinet, chassis only. Reference: Langley Set Index, page 63, for Sleep Radios. Also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/sleeper_scout_64.html.

Date Made: ca 1927

Maker: Sleeper Radio Corp.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Franklin Wingard

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.321423Catalog Number: 321423Accession Number: 241556

Object Name: radio receiver

Measurements: overall: 9 in x 22 in x 9 in; 22.86 cm x 55.88 cm x 22.86 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-69a4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1339137

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