Air King Model 66 Radio
Object Details
- Date
- 1935
- Designer
- Harold L. Van Doren, American, 1895-1957
- John Gordon Rideout, American 1898-1951
- Manufacturer
- Air-King Products Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Description
- Rectangular, box-like form of off-white plastic with stepped sides. The front molded with a series of seven vertical striations from top to bottom, and four horizontal ones near base; three white control dials and a large black dial at the center with number scale and image of Atlas holding up the globe; metal plaque at front top showing map of the world; rectangular speaker grill over woven textile on top.
- manufactured in
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Credit Line
- Gift of George R. Kravis II
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 2018-22-20
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- radio
- Type
- radio
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- thermoplastic (Plaskon), metal, glass, textile, electronic components
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 29.8 × 22.5 × 19.1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_2018-22-20
Rectangular, box-like form of off-white plastic with stepped sides. The front molded with a series of seven vertical striations from top to bottom, and four horizontal ones near base; three white control dials and a large black dial at the center with number scale and image of Atlas holding up the globe; metal plaque at front top showing map of the world; rectangular speaker grill over woven textile on top.