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catalogue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91253
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.34.19
- Description
- Catalogue; stapled binding; 10 p. with illustrations; title on cover page "Tune in on / FLYING Gas Powered Model Airplanes". Catalogue and informational publication regarding model airplanes.
- Object History
- Owner of catalogue, John L. Skinner was a machinist for Burrard Dry dock in North Vanocuver and lived in Burnaby 1940-1977.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Catalog, Sales
- Maker
- Forster Brothers
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Illinois
- Site/City Made
- Maywood
- Publication Date
- 1938
- Subjects
- Transportation - Air
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radio
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7102
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.399.1
- Description
- Cabinet style radio is a Stromberg - Carlson, Model No. 972, produced ca. 1940. It can receive standard broadcast and shortwave transmissions. It is also possible to plug in an electronic phonograph to have it play through the radio. There are six push buttons on the front that allow the user to preset stations for quick tuning. . Two of the stations, KOMO and KIRO, broadcast from Seattle, Washington and stations CJOR, CKWX, CKMO broadcast from Vancouver. There is also a CBR station which is the Citizens Band radio. Glued inside the radio cabinet is an envelope that contains a manual, "INSTALLATION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS / FOR STROMBERG-CARLSON NO. 972 RADIO RECEIVERS" and a warranty card "Stromberg-Carlson / Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co. of Canada Limited/ 211-219 Geary Ave. / Warranty Registry Department Toronto 4, Canada". There is also an envelope with three cards stapled together that have punch out radio station call letters. one for "CANADIAN STATIONS" and two for "AMERICAN STATIONS".
- Object History
- Originally founded in 1894 to manufacture telephones, the Stromberg-Carlson company also produced radio components, and began selling their own complete sets during the early 1920s. By that time, the radio craze had fully absorbed the American public, and radio pioneer RCA was cornering the market after scooping up over 2,000 broadcasting-related patents. Stromberg-Carlson entered the field by making smaller parts for tube radios. Eventually, the company applied its telephone-audio expertise to develop a successful line of radio headsets. In 1923, the company was licensed to produce the “Neutodyne” radio circuit designed by Dr. L. A. Hazeltine. Stromberg-Carlson’s first set came out in early 1924, and the company steadily grew its radio production, eventually requiring RCA licenses for several products. In 1926, Stromberg-Carlson became the first manufacturer to merge phonograph and radio technology by incorporating a phonograph jack into its radio chassis. By the end of the decade, Stromberg-Carlson sold sets with fully integrated radio and turntable technologies, and the company’s radio sales surpassed that of its telephones... The 1930s represented boom years for Stromberg-Carlson’s radio development, as it introduced new modifications like automatic volume control, improved amplifying methods, and an early push-button tuning mechanism. Ads from the late '30s emphasize other innovations, like the unique Stromberg-Carlson “acoustical labyrinth,” a complex baffle design which improved sound quality by guiding audio waves through a series of interlocking chambers, and its “Te-Lek-Tor” series, which included remote-control capabilities. “Let your dealer arrange an audition,” was the brand’s cheeky slogan, emphasizing its reputation for superior sound quality. Over the next 20 years, Stromberg-Carlson created an array of gorgeous Art Deco-inspired radios, from the sleek, ivory-colored 140-K console to the tabletop 225-H with its floral-patterned speaker grill and octagonal dial. After the company’s merger with General Dynamics in 1955, the business was restructured to focus production on telephone products, and its radios were discontinued.
- Reference
- http://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/stromberg
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
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record player
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.11.1
- Description
- Fleetwood brand radio and record player cabinet. The wooden cabinet has a cabinet door on one side and a control panel and speaker on the other.
- Inside the cabinet is a shelf that holds the record turntable. The turntable has a plastic arm. The shelf below the turntable would be suitable for storing records.
- The control panel includes four knobs for Off-Tone, Volume, Phono-Radio, and Tuning. The panel also includes a dial for AM radio tuning.
- The speaker below has a four paned panel with speaker fabric in a brown tone.
- The back of the cabinet is open on one side to reveal the radio mechanism and speaker.
- The radio has a product stamp from Electrical Products Manufacturing of Montreal, Quebec.
- Vols 115, Model 43-52, Amps 0.45, Cycle 6.0, Serial 31-1
- Object History
- The record player belonged to Adell Philips and was in her Spruce Street home in Burnaby for more than 50 years.
- Classification
- Sound Communication T&E - - Sound Communication Devices
- Object Term
- Player, Record
- Measurements
- Height: 76.5 cm Width: 76.5 cm Depth: 39.5 cm
- Names
- Philips, Adell Greenwood
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toombi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91707
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.5.1
- Description
- Tumbi, toombi, tumba, or toomba is a single stringed plucking instrument.
- The toombi is made of a wooden stick mounted to a round resonator. The string is attached to a tuning key at the top of the stick at one end and the bottom of the resonator across a wooden bridge.
- The resonator of the toombi is decorated with round headed tacks
- Classification
- Musical T&E - - Musical Instruments
- Object Term
- Instrument, Stringed
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