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Vintage GE television set

Vintage GE television set

View an archived photograph of a vintage GE television set and explore related radios and televisions in the vintage electronics collection.

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Braun SK 4 radio-phonograph

Braun SK 4 radio-phonograph

Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot’s 1956 Braun SK 4 brought a clear lid, white metal, and visible controls to domestic audio design.

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Braun T3 pocket radio

Braun T3 pocket radio

The Braun T3 pocket radio, dated 1958 by MoMA, applies a restrained plastic case and clear geometric controls to portable listening.

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Regency TR-1 transistor radio

Regency TR-1 transistor radio

The 1954 Regency TR-1 used four transistors in a compact plastic case, helping establish the radio as a portable personal object.

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Sony TV8-301 portable television

Sony TV8-301 portable television

Sony’s TV8-301, announced in 1959 and sold from May 1960, brought an eight-inch screen and transistor circuitry to portable television.

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Sony TR-55 transistor radio

Sony TR-55 transistor radio

Sony’s TR-55 of 1955 used five transistors developed in-house, bringing a compact portable radio into Japan’s postwar consumer landscape.

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Sony Walkman TPS-L2

Sony Walkman TPS-L2

The 1979 Sony Walkman TPS-L2 brought stereo cassette listening into a compact personal player with a blue-and-silver body and lightweight headphones.

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Braun TP 1 portable radio and phonograph

Braun TP 1 portable radio and phonograph

Dieter Rams’s Braun TP 1 of 1959 joins a portable transistor radio and record player in a compact aluminum frame with a leather carrying strap.

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Braun T 1000 world receiver

Braun T 1000 world receiver

Braun’s T 1000 world receiver combines numerous radio bands and precise controls in a portable case designed by Dieter Rams and dated 1963 by SFMOMA.

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Braun RT 20 tabletop radio

Braun RT 20 tabletop radio

Dieter Rams’s 1961 Braun RT 20 arranges a circular speaker grille, vertical tuning scale, and pale controls across a restrained rectangular front.

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Braun SK 2 tabletop radio

Braun SK 2 tabletop radio

The Braun SK 2, designed by Fritz Eichler and Artur Braun in 1955, places a circular tuning dial within a pale perforated front.

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Brionvega TS502 radiocubo

Brionvega TS502 radiocubo

Brionvega’s 1964 TS502 radiocubo opens two rounded plastic volumes to reveal the speaker and controls, turning a portable radio into a folding object.

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Brionvega Algol portable television

Brionvega Algol portable television

The 1964 Brionvega Algol by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper tilts its screen upward within a rounded portable television case.

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