Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series
Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series
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- Description (Brief)
- A non-working prop replica of a 1930s table top radio was a central feature of the setting for the TV series The Waltons. Designed in classic Art Deco style, the radio functioned as an “electronic hearth” around which the Walton family gathered to learn news of the world outside of its bucolic surroundings. The series was broadcast on the CBS television network from 1970 through 1979. The show centered on a close-knit family in rural Virginia, which was patterned on the family of Earl Hamner, Jr., the series author.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Radio
- Date made
- ca 1940
- manufacturer
- Zenith
- maker
- Zenith
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 1/4 in x 18 in x 14 in; 59.055 cm x 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0119.01
- accession number
- 1982.0119
- catalog number
- 1982.0119.01
- Credit Line
- Lorimar, through Earl Hamner and Lee Rich
- subject
- Television
- Television
- Great Depression
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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