Dick Tracy Wrist Radio 1940's

Da-Myco Products Co.,Inc; New York, NY

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  • Year
  • 1946/1947 ??
  • Category
  • Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 308822

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Crystal or Solid State Detector
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • - only for Earphone!
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Dick Tracy Wrist Radio [1940's] - Da-Myco Products Co.,Inc; New
  • Shape
  • Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
  • Notes

  • This was also usedf as a wire connection between two persons, mostly children. Theya needed two of these sets to have a duplex conversation.

    Dick Tracy was the police detective hero of a comic strip created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977. On January 13, 1946 the 2-Way Wrist Radio, worn as a wristwatch by Tracy and members of the police force, became one of the strip's most immediately recognizable icons.

    See also the model offered by Leotone Radio Co.; New York City in 1951 which might be a replica.

  • Author
  • Model page created by Aldo Andreani. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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