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- Sony FM-AM Stereo Receiver, 1976 - This device is one part of a component stereo sound system. Component stereos were built up over time through the purchase of individual components that best suited the needs of a user: receiver-amplifiers, tape decks, speakers, turntables, and CD players. This model reflected changing trends in sound reproduction, allowing audiophiles to upgrade outdated or broken components as needed.
- 1976
- Collections - Artifact
Sony FM-AM Stereo Receiver, 1976
This device is one part of a component stereo sound system. Component stereos were built up over time through the purchase of individual components that best suited the needs of a user: receiver-amplifiers, tape decks, speakers, turntables, and CD players. This model reflected changing trends in sound reproduction, allowing audiophiles to upgrade outdated or broken components as needed.
- RCA Console Stereo System, Model VPT70-E, 1969-1971 -
- 1969-1971
- Collections - Artifact
RCA Console Stereo System, Model VPT70-E, 1969-1971
- Dibiase's Boom Box, outside Sketchbook, East Hollywood, California, 2004 - B+ (Brian Cross) is an Irish-born, LA-based photographer and filmmaker. Since the 1990s, he has chronicled hip hop, rap, jazz, and reggae music scenes. A visual cartographer of sound culture, B+ captures moments of contemplation and inspiration within creative lives. Producer Dibiase's boombox appears outside of The Airliner, venue for experimental hip hop and electronic club night, Low End Theory.
- 2004
- Collections - Artifact
Dibiase's Boom Box, outside Sketchbook, East Hollywood, California, 2004
B+ (Brian Cross) is an Irish-born, LA-based photographer and filmmaker. Since the 1990s, he has chronicled hip hop, rap, jazz, and reggae music scenes. A visual cartographer of sound culture, B+ captures moments of contemplation and inspiration within creative lives. Producer Dibiase's boombox appears outside of The Airliner, venue for experimental hip hop and electronic club night, Low End Theory.
- Zenith Portable Stereo, Model X584, 1966-1967 -
- 1966-1967
- Collections - Artifact
Zenith Portable Stereo, Model X584, 1966-1967
- Zenith Stereophonic High Fidelity Stereo Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- circa 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Zenith Stereophonic High Fidelity Stereo Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Zenith Allegro 3000 Sound System, circa 1973 -
- circa 1973
- Collections - Artifact
Zenith Allegro 3000 Sound System, circa 1973
- Philco Stereo System, Model Q-1568 WA, Used by the Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Family, 1967 -
- 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Philco Stereo System, Model Q-1568 WA, Used by the Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Family, 1967