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1950s radio show

1950s radio show

1950s radio show

This family is listening to a radio show for their evening’s entertainment. Some old valve radios used mica capacitors (a component that stores electricity), but other materials soon proved to be superior. There was a brief flurry of interest in mica mining in New Zealand in the 1940s, but no good sources were found.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: I.001336
Photograph by Gordon Burt

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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