British Wireless for the Blind Fund Radio Receiver
- Made:
- c.1935 in United Kingdom
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British Wireless for the Blind Fund Radio Receiver, c.1935. A label on the side reads Property of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. Provided on free loan to blind people by the charity. Acquired by the BBC from the Broadcast Museum c.2000.
The British Wireless for the Blind Fund was founded by war hero Captain Sir Beachcroft Towse VC KCVO CBE, who lost his sight in the Boer War in South Africa in 1900. This radio, one of the first made by the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, was an adapted crystal radio set with a Braille dial.
Details
- Category:
- Television
- Collection:
- BBC Heritage Collection
- Object Number:
- 2012-5118/802
- Materials:
- electronic components and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 280 mm x 420 mm x 230 mm, 5.5 kg
- type:
- radio receiver
- taxonomy:
-
- component - object
