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Metadata
Object ID # |
1977.047.007abc |
Object Name |
Receiver, Beacon |
Title |
LEARADIO Beacon & Broadcast Receiver |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
post-1930 |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Artist |
Lear Developments Incorporated |
Made |
Lear Developments Inc. |
Place of Origin |
United States of America |
Description |
"Learadio" beacon and broadcast receiver portable radio with aircraft bands AC or DC. "The Pilot's Preference." Radio has a celluloid disc around the dial and a handle. It is accompanied with an instruction booklet for the LEARADIO MODEL APR-A. B. Head set C. Instruction Sheet for LEARADIO - BEACON BROADCAST |
Makers mark |
It has a printed black Learadio logo (script-style). There is also an attached metal label: "THE PILOT'S PREFERENCE" APR-A PORTABLE BEACON & BROADCAST RECEIVER LEAR DEVELOPMENTS INC. MINEOLA, L. I. ROOSEVELT FIELD NY U.S.A. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Lear Developments Inc. in the United States. It belonged to the Bishop family of Owen Sound, Grey County. One of Bishop family became very famous during the First World War as a Canadian flying ace--Wm. Avery "Billy" Bishop. After the war, Bishop continued to be interested in aircraft and during the Second World War, he was made an Air Marshal and did a lot of recruitment work for the war effort. His sister, Mrs. Louise MacKay, later resided in the Bishop family home at Owen Sound. The radio was passed down to her son, Fred MacKay Jr. |
Collection |
Surveying & Navigational Collection |
Material |
Wood/Cloth/Leather/Celluloid/Metal/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-31 W-30.5 L-16 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Bishop, William A. (Billy) MacKay, Louise MacKay, Fred George (Judge) MacKay, Fred George (Judge) (Jr.) |
Subjects |
Aviation Airplanes |