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This exhibition looks at how radio became an indispensable link between Canadians and the nation at home.
A black and white advertisement shows a drawing of a man, a woman, and a child diagonally across the page. Between the man, woman and child is a radio with an amplification horn. The text is placed in the top right, and bottom left corners.
Plastic tabletop radio with horizontal grille on left and rounded square dial on right. Two switches below the dial.
Detail of the radio showing the console with five circular dials below.
A twelve-inch transcription record with a green and white paper label and black print and black handwriting to document the recorded content.
The radio has a silver metal plate and two dials on the right side. The speaker on the left side is in pink plastic and covered with horizontal slats.
This brown wood radio flips open with the front panel displayed above the radio like a board. When opened, you see the large, black dial window with golden knobs below.
Wooden floor model radio. The speaker below the radio dials is decorated with a diagonal geometric pattern.
Shaped like a rectangle with a handle on the top, a speaker in the middle, two dials on the side, with a display on top. The radio has a yellow-green cloth finish.
Image of a map of North America in black and white showing the radar defence system.
Black and white photograph of a person with three dogs pulling a sled in the arctic. A radio tower and radar dishes are located in the background.
The unusual radio is shaped like a tall and thin book, with dials on the thin end. The blue and cream-white plastic radio has a handle on top, and stands on a square base.
The turquoise monochrome page has a title, an illustration, some text and a smaller illustration at the bottom of the page. The main illustration shows a flamboyant ball taking place in a great hall, with two figures in the foreground relaxing beside an Eisemann radio.
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