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Speaker (Radiola 106 model) for RCA theremin

1928–29
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueWood, textile
DimensionsOverall: 83.8 x 61 x 27 cm (33 x 24 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Halfway Rock Foundation
Accession number2016.408.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1930, purchased by Carlton Eells Putnam (b. 1911 – d. 1993), Keeseville, NY; by 1973, by descent to his son Willard James Putnam, Hanson, MA; 2016, sold by Putnam to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
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