Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- Description
- Small rectangular white plastic body; front with white metal panel with station indicator, "SONY" logo and "SIX TRANSISTOR," above large, circular, gold-toned pierced metal speaker with recessed asterisk-shaped design; black strap handle on left side; two small white control dials on right side; hinged white metal battery compartment in lower rear.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Max Pine
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2012-17-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- portable radio
- Type
- portable radio
- Medium
- plastic, metal, sheet metal, cord
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.9 x 6 x 2.5 cm (3 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. x 1 in.)
- manufactured in
- Tokyo, Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2012-17-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq430b0ffe1-d467-4261-ab0f-07a208e6f52a
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