1915–1920 · Radio
A surviving Type C headset connects headphone history to radio communication.
Radio and communication are the contexts recorded by the museum; the maker’s personal motivation is not established here.
The Henry Ford preserves a Baldwin Radio Company headset made in Salt Lake City, dated 1915–1920.
The object gives the timeline a physical reference, rather than relying on a single-inventor origin story.
Its inscriptions cite patents dated 1910 and 1915. Those dates are distinct from the museum’s manufacture range.
No cleared reproduction; view the source collection.
museum · Reviewed 2026-09-27 · primary-source
Primary-source confidence means the source directly documents the statement, not that every historical priority or performance claim has been independently established.