Quaker Oats Radio Receiving Set

Marquette Radio Corp.; Chicago, Ill

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  • Year
  • 1921–1923
  • Category
  • Detector-Radio (Crystal or diode, without tubes/transistors)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 300537

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Crystal or Solid State Detector
  • Tuned circuits
  • 1 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Various materials
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Quaker Oats Radio Receiving Set - Marquette Radio Corp.; Chicago
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 4.125 x 8 x 4.125 inch / 105 x 203 x 105 mm
  • Notes

  • The Quaker Oats Company offered this crystal radio as a premium from 1921 to 1923 at the cost of $1.00 and two Quaker Oats trademarks cut from Quaker Oats packages, or a complete setup including an Aerial Kit and a pair of Trimm 'Dependable' headphones could be had for $5.00 and two Quaker Oats trademarks. 

    The radio was manufactured by Marquette Radio Corporation for Quaker Oats using a standard Quaker Oats container. At that time, identical containers with this identical label were used to package Quaker Oats. They wound a coil of wire about 80 times around the container and then covered it with the thin paper label.  Tuning is by means of a slider contacting the coil in an area along the side of the radio not covered by the label.

    See similar model Mother's Crushed Oats Crystal Set.

  • Author
  • Model page created by a member from USA. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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