A BAKELITE RADIO NURSE, designed by Isamu Noguchi for the Zenith Radio Corp., circa 1938, the housing molded by Kurz-Kasch, Inc., the brown bakelite shell shaped as a stylized nurse head wraped in a cap, stamped 'ZENITH RADIO SOS NURSE DESIGN BY NOGUCHI PATENT APPLIED FOR 117 VOLTS-50/60 CYCLE-25 WATTS ZENITH RADIO CORP., CHICAGO'--8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high, 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) deep

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A BAKELITE RADIO NURSE, designed by Isamu Noguchi for the Zenith Radio Corp., circa 1938, the housing molded by Kurz-Kasch, Inc., the brown bakelite shell shaped as a stylized nurse head wraped in a cap, stamped 'ZENITH RADIO SOS NURSE DESIGN BY NOGUCHI PATENT APPLIED FOR 117 VOLTS-50/60 CYCLE-25 WATTS ZENITH RADIO CORP., CHICAGO'--8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high, 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) wide, 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) deep

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cf. Richard Guy Wilson et al., The Machine Age in America 1918-1941, New York: Harry N. Abrams, p. 333 for an illustration of a similar model

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