Unlike the compact, portable radios of the period, at nearly four feet tall, this model is a showpiece. Peach-colored glass conceals a wooden case for the radio receiver and antenna. Walter Dorwin Teague designed sleek styles for the latest luxuries of the twentieth century: cameras, automobiles, refrigerators, and gas station fixtures. Imagine turning this radio’s shiny center knobs to listen to news broadcasts, crime dramas, soap operas, and musical variety shows. Text written by Aili Waller, Curatorial Intern; MA, Art History in Arts of the Americas, University of Arkansas ’26