radio
human history
One wood veneered radio with mesh speaker and an analogue dial. There are three bakelite (?) knobs below the dial for tuning the radio. The radio was made for the New Zealand National Patriotic Fund Board during the Second World War (and has a plaque stating this on the back of the radio) by Dominion Radio and Electrical Corp (aka DRECO) in Auckland.
Accession number: 2017.121.1 Last Update: 26 Sept 2025
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National Patriotic Fund Board Radio
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- Auckland City/Auckland/New Zealand
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2017.121.1
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21 Dec 2017
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742 (Acquisition Proposal ID)
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