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Motorola radio 41B
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Motorola radio 41B

Motorola Radio Company (founded 1928)
designed about 1939
Object PlaceChicago, Illinois
Medium/TechniqueBakelite (plastic), radio components
DimensionsOverall: 17.5 x 27.6 x 15.9 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Betsy and Jonathan Woodman
Accession number2010.486
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1940, Knight's Appliance Store, Newburyport, MA; 1940, sold to Saul Katz, Newburyport, MA; 2003, sold by Katz to Betsy Woodman, Newburyport, MA; 2010, gift of Woodman to the MFA
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