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Tube, Electron

Object number2012.114.11 a,b

Manufacturer Sylvania

Manufacturer Westinghouse

OriginUnited States of America

MediumMetal/Plastic/Paper

Credit LineGift of Robert Kruszewski

DescriptionElectron tube with box. Glass tube with seven metal prongs on black plastic base. Small metal cap on top. Box is black, white, and gold.Dimensions(a) Height: 4.125 ; Circum: ~4.75
(b) H: 5. ; Width: ~2
Marks(a)
Printed in grey on glass: "12DQ6 / A".

Printed in green on side of base: "SYLVANIA / MADE IN U.S.A.", "W ["S" inside upside down triangle with lightening bolt out sides] MRF", "O / I / 3", "C".

(b)
Printed on one side: "Westinghouse / ELECTRONIC TUBE"; on other sides: "you can be sure...of it's / Westinghouse".

Stamped on opened flap: "12DQ6B/ / 12GW6".
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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