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Catalog Number
2022.57.3
Date of Origin
1935
Description
Radio, table model.  This radio is an RCA 95T5, manufactured by RCA in 1935.   It is brown wood with brown knobs on the front.  The radio tubes would be inserted into the back of the radio.  The tube is in place on this radio.

 
History
This radio belonged to Captain Joe Boshka, long-time resident of Macatawa Park.

Joe was born in Wisconsin on 6-4-1873 to Joseph Boshka (1843–1910) and Barbara Suchi (1840–1928). In 1898 Joe entered the lighthouse service.

In 1907 he married Annabelle Orcutt in South Butler, MI. By 1911 the family had moved to Macatawa Park. The Boshka home was located at 2310 South Shore Dr.

Joe would serve as the lighthouse keeper for Macatawa, a job he held until 1940. Joe passed away in Holland, MI on 10-15-1965.
Gift of
Boshka, Dave