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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2017-51-6-a_b