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radio

human history
  • Other Name

    National Patriotic Fund Board Radio

  • Description

    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.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    2017.121.1
  • Accession Date
    21 Dec 2017
  • Other Id

    742 (Acquisition Proposal ID)

  • Department
radio, 2018.121.1

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