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Radio

1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
EKCO (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Wireless radio in a brown plastic moulded cabinet with convex sides. The front is divided into two main sections; at the top is a square recessed loudspeaker aperture covered with brown fabric; below is a sloping recessed tuning panel. This panel has a wide horizontal cutaway tuning scale window at the top; station names are printed in green and red on a black
ground. Below this tuning scale window are three plastic control knobs in lines the centre knob is much larger than the two outer knobs.
Serial No. 126033

Object details

Categories
Audio Equipment
Entertainment & Leisure
Household Objects
Object type
Radio
Materials and techniques
Plastic
Moulding
Brief description
Ekco AD37 radio, English, 1936
Physical description
Wireless radio in a brown plastic moulded cabinet with convex sides. The front is divided into two main sections; at the top is a square recessed loudspeaker aperture covered with brown fabric; below is a sloping recessed tuning panel. This panel has a wide horizontal cutaway tuning scale window at the top; station names are printed in green and red on a black
ground. Below this tuning scale window are three plastic control knobs in lines the centre knob is much larger than the two outer knobs.
Serial No. 126033
Dimensions
  • Height: 43cm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
  • Depth: 21cm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
  • Width: 37cm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.42-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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