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Drawing, Design for Tube Radio with Speaker on Top
This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1955 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is pastel, brush and gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on green paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
While large phonograph cabinets concealed family radios, portable radios were light and flashy, attracting younger consumers eager to listen to expanded radio programming outside of the home. This design embraces futuristic and colorful style. Crosley’s radio designs favored bold colors, and this unusual cylindrical shape distinguished this portable radio from those of other low-cost competitors.
It is credited Museum purchase through the gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post.
- Beolit 12 Speaker, 2012
- cast aluminum, molded plastic, molded rubber, leather.
- Gift of Bang & Olufsen.
- 2015-45-1
- ts502 Portable Radio
- abs plastic, chrome-plated metal.
- Gift of Max and Barbara Pine.
- 1994-59-3
Its dimensions are
H x W: 47.3 × 57.1 cm (18 5/8 × 22 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Tube Radio with Speaker on Top; USA; pastel, brush and gouache, pen and black ink, graphite on green paper; H x W: 47.3 × 57.1 cm (18 5/8 × 22 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through the gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post; 1992-183-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The World of Radio.
