Eveready Radio "C" battery No. 781
Date: circa 1940
Inventory Number: 2008-1-0144
Classification: Battery
Subject:
Maker: Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation (1917 - 1957)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 2 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Description:
Rectangular battery covered with paper. It has two binding posts on top, one marked "+" the other "-4½". A short spring links the two posts.
In Collection(s)
Signedon front: NATIONAL CARBON CO., Inc. / NEW YORK - SAN FRANCISCO / Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
Inscribedon front: No. 781 / EVEREADY / TRADE MARK / RADIO "C" / BATTERY / THIS EVERADY BATTERY COM. / BINES BOTH QUALITY AND /SERVICE IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
on front: ©1924 N. C. Co. INC.
on back, stamped: FOR BEST RESULTS / PUT IN SERVICE / BEFORE OCT. 1941
on side, stamped: EJJB
on front: ©1924 N. C. Co. INC.
on back, stamped: FOR BEST RESULTS / PUT IN SERVICE / BEFORE OCT. 1941
on side, stamped: EJJB
Curatorial RemarksWas deaccessioned from the collection for security reasons.