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Author(s): Bernier, Olivier
Source:
American Heritage. Apr88, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p22. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
  ART Deco; RADIO (Medium); MASS media; RADIO broadcasting; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL designers; BAKELITE; SOCIOLOGY of technology
- Abstract:
  Focuses on the introduction of the Air King radio and its Art Deco design. How radio became a necessary object in the lives of Americans after World War I; Design features of the Air King including the use of the easily shaped compound Bakelite; How the role of industrial designer was born during the 1930s; Impact of radio on society.

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