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John Vassos, Selden T. Williams, and others

RCA Victor Special Portable Phonograph

1929-1939

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RCA Victor Special Portable Phonograph

1929-1939

Physical Qualities Aluminum, chrome plated steel, metal, glass, rubber, oil cloth, flocking, Open: 21 3/8 x 21 x 16 3/4 in. (54.3 x 53.3 x 42.5 cm) Closed: 17 3/4 x 17 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (45.1 x 44.8 x 41.9 cm)
Credit Line Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing, and Charlotte B. Filbert Bequest Fund
Object Number 2000.382
Similar one exhibited in "The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941", The Brooklyn Museum, New York, October 17, 1986-February 16, 1987.

Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View", June 19-October 6, 2002.

Markings: Marked on cover of case "RCA Victor Special" Marked on inside of case "USED NEEDLES" and "NEW NEEDLES'

Designer

John Vassos

1897–1984

1898-1985
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Designer

Selden T. Williams

1891–1982

1892 - 1983
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Designer

Alfred Weiland

1886–1974

1887-1975
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