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TR-1 Transistor Radio
This is a Transistor Radio. It was designed by Painter, Teague and Petertil and manufactured by Texas Instruments and Industrial Development Engineering Associates, Regency Division and engineered by Arthur P. Stern and patented by Richard C. Koch. It is dated 1954 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is molded plastic, brass; leather and metal (case). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Advertised as the world’s first pocket radio, the TR-1 set the stage for future portable radio and digital media technologies. Developed in the year of the United States’s largest ever nuclear weapon test, the radio’s brass dial allowed the user to choose the desired frequency, and the small triangles indicate the appropriate wavelength for news during potential nuclear attacks.
This object was
donated by
Robert Greenberg.
It is credited Gift of Robert M. Greenberg.
![Here we have a small handheld radio reminiscent of a computer mouse because of its kidney bean shape. It is mostly black with yellow [off] and green [on] buttons, in a slightly indented square area. On the curve of the radio is a circular dotted speaker. There is a black plastic wrist strap attached on the speaker-side of the radio too.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/43882_11fdbab668f914e4_n.jpg "Palm-Size AM/FM Radio Radio")
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- molded plastic, cast gilt-metal, chrome.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1996-72-1
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
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- abs plastic, chrome-plated metal.
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- 1994-59-3
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 12.7 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm (5 in. × 3 in. × 1 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
TR-1 Transistor Radio; Designed by Painter, Teague and Petertil ; molded plastic, brass; leather and metal (case); H x W x D: 12.7 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm (5 in. × 3 in. × 1 1/2 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg; 2017-51-6-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Bob Greenberg Selects.
