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Tube, Electron

Object number2012.114.9 a,b

Manufacturer Sylvania

Manufacturer Radio Corporation of America

OriginDeptford, NJ

MediumMetal/Plastic/Paper

Credit LineGift of Robert Kruszewski

DescriptionElectron tube with box. Twelve metal prongs on base.Dimensions(a) Height: 4 ; Circum: ~4.875
(b) H: 5.25 ; Width: 1.625
Marks(a)
Printed in yellow on glass: "SYLVANIA / MADE IN USA"; "bc / AUJ".

Printed in black on reverse side: "6JS6C / USA".

(b)
Red with black and white print: "RCA", "Electron / Tube".

One side has manufacturer information "RCA Distributor and / Special Products Division / Deptford, N.J. 08096 / Country of Origin / As Marked on Tube"; opened top end is stamped with "6JS6C" in black.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of television repair equipment documenting donor Robert Kruszewski's father Charles J. Kruszewski’s side job as a television and radio repairman post WWII. Charles used the G.I. Bill to enroll in a home study course on practical television and radio repair. The course was offered by National Radio and Television Repair in Washington, D.C. Working on nights and weekends after his regular job at General Motors was done, he serviced many neighbor’s equipment in the Ninth Ward of Lawrenceville. The donor remembers going out on repair calls with this father and bringing back the more difficult cases to his home repair shop. As televisions became more complicated this type of home repair died out.

Previous owner Charles J. Kruczewski

Related institution General Motors Company

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