Charles W. Peterson Papers 1906-1927 1899-1967

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Charles W. Peterson Papers 1906-1927 1899-1967

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Charles W. Peterson attended Seattle Seminary and the University of Washington, where he studied electrical engineering. He invented the Musicone Speaker while working for the Crosley Radio Corporation of Cincinnati, and also worked as a design engineer for the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, New York. The collection contains documents, photographs, glass plate negatives, publications and radio parts including an example of a Crosley Super Musicone speaker.

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Seattle Pacific University Archives

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