Addison Industries Tabletop Radio

Datec. 1940

DimensionsOverall: 22 × 16 × 29.7 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Jessie Robins, London, Ontario, 1980

Object number1980.043.018

Label TextThis is a circa 1940 AM and shortwave radio in the Art Deco-influenced “courthouse” design. Its casing is made of catalin, a plastic similar to bakelite, which could be mass produced. This made it less expensive than radios in wood casings. After the Second World War (1939-1945), new plastics would supersede catalin.

NameRadio