KFUO (Radio Station : Saint Louis, Missouri)

Scope and Contents This is a Western Electric wall-mounted crank telephone encluded in a wooden box with black metal parts. The back is 8” x 11 1/4” and the box is 6” deep with a hinged front that is screwed shut. There is a crank on the right side, two bells and a Western Electric label on the front. There is a hole on the left side where a handset was apparently attached and holes drilled at each corner for attaching to the wall. There are four screw terminals on the bottom and wires to be connected to a...

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This is a circular (2 1/2" diameter) plastic thermometer with a broken thermometer tube enclosed. It has a black base and back with black on silver imprinting including “KFUO,” the Fahrenheit scale, “ARE YOU HOT OR COLD OR LUKEWARM TOWARD CHRIST?” and two radio towers with a cross atop one and a flag atop the other.

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This is a glass transmitter tube. It looks like an inverted flask with a long neck (3” diameter x 11½” long). The base has electrical tape wrapped around it. The top is white glass with “6511A” handwritten at the base of the inside mechanism. “MADE IN | U.S.A. | 906” is printed on the glass near the base.

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This is a transmitter tube (7½” x 5” diameter) that has three metal prongs on the end. It has a glass center, a small metal tip on the top, a red inscription of: “ML-357B | MACHLETT | MADE IN U.S.A.”, and a black inscription of “480374” on the bottom.

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This is a radio transmitter tube (12¾” long) with a metal end and glass tube (3¼” diameter) which encloses metal parts. The tube, mounted on a wood-grain base (8” x 8” x 7/8”), is imprinted with this identification: "A 1927, 250 WATT WESTERN ELECTRIC TRANSMITTER TUBE".

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This appears to be a glass transmitter tube (13½” long - 3¼” diameter) with a tarnished brass end with three prongs. This also has a metal cap at the top. The glass is marked with “5970” and the base has “WESTERN ELECTRIC | MADE IN USA | 241B” imprinted.

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This is a glass transmitter tube (2” diameter x 6” long). It has the inscription: “Western Electric | MADE IN U.S.A. | 426 | 350a” on the base. It has 5 prongs at the base.

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This is a transmitter tube (17½” x 3½” diameter) with a metal end and a 3-prong plug. There is a glass tube at center, metal at the top, an inscription of: “WESTERN ELECTRIC | 228-A”, several patent numbers on one side, and “3176” on the other.

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This is an A. C. Volt meter from the Beede Electrical Inst. Company (3¼” diameter x 2” deep) with a black metal face and side. There are also two screw terminals on the back.