Vintage Electronics
Explore vintage radios, record players, cassette players, and televisions by Braun, Sony, Brionvega, Regency, and GE, with photographs and design histories.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brionvega Algol portable television
The 1964 Brionvega Algol by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper tilts its screen upward within a rounded portable television case.