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Description
Known as the Mystery Control, this was the first wireless remote tuning control made for radios. The dial mechanism has 10 finger holes, which correspond to 8 station presets and two volume control functions. Philco continued to offer various models from 1939 through 1942 for eleven different Philco radios and radio phonographs.
Type
image
Identifier
7A7918E2-447C-4E46-A156-559405337514 2007-1-326
Subject
Radio--Equipment and supplies (LCSH) Radio--Receivers and reception (LCSH)
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