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"RCA Victor Special" portable phonograph, model M, c. 1935
Aluminum, chrome-plated steel, velvet, plasticexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.162
On View in Gallery 379expand_more
Vassos’s portable tabletop record player was light years away from the large cabinets commonly built to hold phonographs in the early 1900s. Look closely and you’ll see the “Slow/Fast” dial for 33 and 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) records, and compartments for new (right) and used (left) needles. The new industrial material of aluminum made a smooth, lightweight, and stylish case. While working for RCA, Vassos also designed cases for the first television sets, which debuted in 1939.
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- Title
- "RCA Victor Special" portable phonograph, model M
- Artist Life
- American (born Romania), 1898–1985
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- Accession Number
- 98.276.162
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