This object is currently on display in room as part of The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource. There are 8 other images of this object. See our image rights statement.
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Radio Nurse Transmitter Radio Transmitter
This is a radio transmitter. It was designed by Isamu Noguchi and manufactured by Zenith Radio Corporation. It is dated 1937–38 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is bakelite (tm), metal, electronic components. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Modernist Mother's Helper.
This object was
donated by
Mel Byars.
It is credited Gift of Mel Byars.
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- rag-filled bakelite, metal.
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 1977.0368.65.
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- Patriot Radio
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- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2014-10-1
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
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- bakelite (tm), metal.
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- plastic, metal.
- Gift of Max Pine and Lois Mander.
- 2008-9-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (without cord): 19.8 x 17 x 16 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
On back, molded into plastic: Square "plaque" containing: [1] ZENITH (zigzag font logo) [2] RADIO / circle containing" SOS" and a baby's head / NURSE [3] DESIGN BY NOGUCHI [4] PATENT APPLIED FOR [5] 117 VOLTS-50/60 CYCLE-25 WATTS [6] ZENITH RADIO CORP., CHICAGO
Cite this object as
Radio Nurse Transmitter Radio Transmitter; Designed by Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904–1988); USA; bakelite (tm), metal, electronic components; H x W x D (without cord): 19.8 x 17 x 16 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Gift of Mel Byars; 1991-59-61
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.