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Title: Elliott push-button radio receiver demonstration model, c.1939
Creator: Elliott, Harold F
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Prototype push button and timer-controlled broadcast radio receiver, made by Harold Elliot, likely for a demonstration to Galvin Manufacturing. Elliott built this prototype, housed inside a woman's makeup case, to demonstrate the use of push buttons to tune the radio to local Bay Area stations. The clock could be set to automatically change stations for a favorite regularly scheduled program. Removable lid.
Type: image
Identifier: B6C2BDD2-1694-4DED-913E-212230711670
2003-1-91
Subject: Radio--Receivers and reception (LCSH)
Inventions
Elliott, Harold F

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