Summary

Alternative Name(s): Wireless. Radio - Bakelite, circa 1930. Used in a psychiatric hospital in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1930. Two missing control knobs, one for volume and one for station selection, on each lower side of radio. Station selection dial for short wave/interstate radio stations between volume and station knobs. Knobs may have been removed so that patients could not alter settings.

Physical Description

Large, dark brown, oval-shaped Bakelite electric radio. Two missing control knobs, one for volume and one for station selection, on each lower side of radio. Station selection dial for short wave/interstate radio stations between volume and station knobs. Brown and cream woven fabric covers large area over two-thirds of the top part where speaker is located. Back of radio is open allowing access to valves inside radio. Four small lugs on base of radio.

Significance

Example of equipment used for recreational activities in psychiatric hospitals in Victoria Australia

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