Sony TR-55
Japan’s first transistor radio and Sony’s first product under its own name.
The company was still called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo but put the name Sony on the radio because it was easy to pronounce abroad. A few years later the whole company changed its name.
Materials: Plastic, metal; transistors
Manufacture: Made by Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo in Tokyo.
The small box with a speaker grille and a large knob.
The name Sony on the front.