Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company, Ashfield, photographs, 1947-1951
Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company, Ashfield, photographs, 1947-1951
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1947-1951
Call Numbers
PXE 1629
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1 folder of graphic material and textual records (27 photographs, 1 brochure, 1 journal)
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Fonds
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co. Pty. Ltd.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
27 photographs of assembly work rooms of the Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company at Ashfield. Images show women at the various stages of work assembling Radiotron valves. Also show social events such as Christmas and parties, cafeteria, first-aid room, social events. Some of the images have been used in the brochure 'A.W.V. and Yo...
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Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company, Ashfield, photographs, 1947-1951
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Contextual Information
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Presented by Beryl Tyler
Administrative / Biographical history
AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) established a joint venture (Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co. Pty. Ltd.) with Radio Corporation of America (RCA), to manufacture radio valves (vacuum tubes) at the Ashfield works under the AWV, RCA and Radiola brands. During World War II AWV produced a range of defence electronics materiel, including klystrons a...
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PXE 1629
Record Identifier
94RxZa61
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxZa61
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1003260
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