Title
Radiogram with Plessey autochanger & two HMV 78rpm records
Year/Period
ca. 1940s - 1950s
Region
Britain and Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: (Closed) 114.0 x 64.3 x 46.8 cm,
Object size: (Opened) 152.0 x 64.3 x 53.5 cm,
Object size: Refer to parts
Object size: (Opened) 152.0 x 64.3 x 53.5 cm,
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2019-00492
Collection of
This radiogram is a combination of a radio and a record player. The record player is designed to play 10-inch shellac records at 78 rpm. These records, colloquially referred to among Malay and Peranakan communities as "piring hitam" (lit. "black dishes") allude to the rapid transfer of entertainment and media technologies from the West to the East, made possible by colonial conditions and networks.
