Radio

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Object Details

Description

This radio was purchased from a Sears, Roebuck, and Company catalogue. These catalogues were found in the internment camp post offices. Internees could order things that they were not able to bring with them from home as long as they could pay for it, and if it was not banned.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Haruko Morimoto

ID Number

1986.3096.16

nonaccession number

1986.3096

catalog number

1986.3096.16

Object Name

radio

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

electrical components (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 26.67 cm x 34.925 cm x 15.5575 cm

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General

Military

Cultures & Communities

Japanese American Internment Era

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-7261-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1295503