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Image: Vintage Arrow Germanium Crystal Radio (23708349181)

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Description: Vintage Arrow germanium crystal radio sold as an educational toy for kids during the 1960s. It comes complete with a piezoelectric earpiece (left) and an antenna wire with a clip on the end to clip to bedsprings for a larger antenna. It is called a "germanium" radio because crystal radios use a germanium diode as a detector.
Title: Vintage Arrow Germanium Crystal Radio (23708349181)
Credit: Vintage Arrow Germanium Crystal Radio
Author: Joe Haupt from USA
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