Speaker, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: HORN
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0156.001

MANUFACTURER: FROST, HERBERT H. INC.
MODEL: MUSETTE
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BAKELITE [?]/ METAL/ FABRIC AROUND RUBBER CORD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.5 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 57.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FROST
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CA. LATE 1920'S
Canada: USED IN CANADA (SOLD BY ORME OF OTTAWA)
Function: CONVERTS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM A RADIO RECEIVER TO AUDIBLE SOUND
Technical: EXAMPLE OF INDEPENDENT SPEAKER MANUFACTURER AND OF RELATIVELY SMALL OR COMPACT HORN DESIGN.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON BASE: 'Musette [IN CURSIVE]/ HERBERT H. FROST, INC./ CHICAGO/ PAT. PENDING'/ MOLDED IN HORN MOUTH: 'Musette [IN CURSIVE]/ FRONT RADIO'/ DECAL AFFIXED TO HORN MOUTH READS: '0[?]ME LIMITED/ OTTAWA/ ONT.'
Missing: ENDS OF CORD FRAYED
Finish: BLACK SHINY UPPER PART/ BLACK PAINTED TEXTURED BOTTOM PART & BASE/ BROWN FABRIC AROUND CORD.
Decoration: MODEL NAME MOLDED ON HORN MOUTH/ BASE TIERED.

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FROST, HERBERT H. INC., Speaker, radio, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1989.0156, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0156.001/

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