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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    BayGen Power Company Ltd.

    Inventor

    Trevor Baylis, English, b. 1937

    Co-Designer

    Andy Davey, English
    Anne Gardener, English
    Gabby Clarke, English

    Firm

    TKO, founded 1990

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Wind-up radio: black horizontal form with curved handle at top, telescoping metal antenna at top left behind handle; front with rectangular yellow and blue station indicator at left, circular speaker in center, yellow and blue Baygen logos on right; circular retractable crank on right side.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Fran Smyth

    Date

    1996

    Accession Number

    1996-118-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    appliances & tools
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    radio

    Type

    radio

    Medium

    plastic, metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 24 x 34.5 x 13.5cm (9 7/16 x 13 9/16 x 5 5/16in.)

    manufactured in

    South Africa

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46e5ebad2-c2e7-4a07-b54c-68f633aada38

    Record ID

    chndm_1996-118-1

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