“Patriot” radios in such bright colors they could almost play “The Stars and Stripes Forever” without being plugged in. 1940. American industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes for Emerson Radio.

Blue body. — Blue body. Plastic and metal. Image © Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York. Fair use license. via https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/68268053/

400-1 Patriot, 1940. — 400-1 Patriot, 1940. Image © Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corp. USA. MAK Cologne, RBA. via https://www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/40022551 and https://rampages.us/gdtheory/tag/radio/

Red body. — Red body. Plastic and metal. Image © Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Fair use license. via https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/NBGPublic/details.cfm?id=339

White body. — White body. Plastic and metal. Image © Decophobia Twentieth Century Design. Fair use license. via http://www.decophobia.com/emerson+patriot+400+catalin+radio+in+white+norman+bel+geddes+art+deco+design/

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