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Aluminum, chrome-plated steel, velvet, plasticexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more 98.276.162
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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