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Photograph caption dated November 26, 1957 reads "Zenith's new all-transistor Trans-Oceanic portable, smallest and lightest band-spread short wave portable radio ever built. Runs on ordinary, low cost flashlight batteries available throughout the world. Eight-band reception--standard broadcast, continuous coverage of short wave from 2 to 9 megacycles (150 [sic] to 33 meters), magnificent reception of international short wave bands."
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