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Tube, Electron

Object number2012.114.10 a,b

Manufacturer General Electric Company

OriginUnited States of America

MediumMetal/Plastic/Paper

Credit LineGift of Robert Kruszewski

DescriptionElectron tube with box. Nine metal prongs on base.Dimensions(a) Height: 2.625 ; Circum: ~2.75
(b) H: 3 ; Width: 1
Inscriptions(b)
Handwritten text on one side: "CATTAGE [?] / OK".
Marks(a)
Printed in grey on glass: "RCA"; "E... / T..."; "..ADE IN..."; on reverse: "12 / B4A".

(b)
Orange and blue text "GE [logo in script]", "Electronic / tube".

Printed on one side is company slogan Progress Is Our / Most Important Product / GENERAL [logo] ELECTRIC / MADE IN U.S.A."

Stamped on opened flap: "91430 / 12B4A".
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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