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Regency TR-1 Radio

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Painter, Teague and Petertil, American, founded 1950

    Engineer

    Arthur P. Stern, American, born Hungary, 1925 - 2012

    Patentor

    Richard C. Koch, American, 1934 - 2011

    Manufacturer

    Texas Instruments, American, founded 1954
    Industrial Development Engineering Associates, Regency Division, American, founded ca. 1954

    Description

    Rectangular molded plastic body with perforations for speaker covering 2/3 of front face; brass circular dial at top right for adjusting frequency and white plastic dial for power and volume and tuning control at top left; Regency in script with crown symbol above at bottom left

    Credit Line

    Gift of Robert M. Greenberg

    Date

    1954

    Accession Number

    2017-51-6-a,b

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    appliances & tools
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    transistor radio

    Type

    transistor radio

    Medium

    plastic, brass, electronic components; leather, metal (case)

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 12.7 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm (5 in. × 3 in. × 1 1/2 in.)

    manufactured in

    Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    designed in

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    manufactured in

    Dallas, Texas, USA

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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/kq4188dfe4e-979f-42f8-a658-970608c7364d

    Record ID

    chndm_2017-51-6-a_b

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