U.S. Army Signal Corps pack-strap type radio receiver

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Description (Brief):

Black bakelite panel 9" X 10 1/2", leaves recess 4" wide for headset (missing from this unit). Panel contains 4 knobs, 2 battery type clips and square brass frame apparently to hold data. Weight 10 pounds. Bureau of Standards #R-2212 written on tag found in files. Label in files reads: "Radio equipment in the First World War was neither as compact nor as light as that in the Second. This is a portable one-tube receiver which was used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps for field communications. Like the other equipment shown here, headphones were used to listen to the signals."

Date Made: 1917

Maker: United States Army. Signal Corps

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from the United States Bureau of Standards, Dept. of Commerce

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.313598Accession Number: 188571Catalog Number: 313598Collector/Donor Number: R-2212

Object Name: radio receiver

Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 39.37 cm x 24.765 cmoverall: 8 1/2 in x 17 in x 10 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 43.18 cm x 26.67 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b6aa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1343520

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