General Electric, Model F 82, 1937
![This wood radio has a top left rounded edge affecting the form of the loudspeaker which has a cover of medium brown coloured velvet. Today, the dial plate is beige and brown but it may have been ivory white and red originally.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/wp-content/uploads/sites/154/2022/12/2010_0216_1a.jpg)
General Electric: Model F 82 (1937) Toronto, Ontario, 30 x 52 x 28cm, Musée des ondes Emile Berliner.
Produced in Ontario, this radio is synonymous with “speed.” Its simplified form includes a speaker on the left and a large, circular dial on the right. The radio uses an early form of plastic around the dial to liven up the surface.