Portable Phonograph, RCA Victor Special, Model M Designer: (case) John Vassos (American, born Romania, 1898–1985)
Designer: (mechanism) Alfred Weiland (American, 1887–1975)
Designer: (mechanism) Selden T. Williams (American, 1892–1983)
Manufacturer: RCA Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1901)

ca. 1935

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Aluminum, chromium-plated steel, velvet, and plastic

Dimensions

closed: 8 × 17 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (20.3 × 44.5 × 43.8 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.2

Geography

Manufactured in Camden, New Jersey

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Musical Instruments

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
John C. Waddell, New York, to 2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 129–30, no. 79
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

portable phonographs

Marks

"RCA VICTOR SPECIAL" printed on metal label on exterior of case

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