Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series

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Prop Radio from The Waltons TV series

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ca 1940

A non-working prop replica of a 1930s table top radio was a central feature of the setting for the TV series The Waltons. Designed in classic Art Deco style, the radio functioned as an “electronic hearth” around which the Walton family gathered to learn news of the world outside of its bucolic surroundings. The series was broadcast on the CBS television network from 1970 through 1979. The show centered on a close-knit family in rural Virginia, which was patterned on the family of Earl Hamner, Jr., the series author.

Currently not on view

Amusements

Television

Great Depression

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Smithsonian Institution

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Amusements

Television

Great Depression

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