The first transistor radio available to U. S. consumers, the Regency TR-1, hit U.S. stores in October 1954 at a price of $49.95. Developed as a joint venture between Texas Instruments, Inc. (which supplied its four germanium junction transistors) and the Regency Division of Industrial Development Engineering Associates, over 100,000 TR-1s were sold, introducing the word “transistor” into the public lexicon. Object consists of radio, original box, and a brochure detailing the Regency "Battery-Saver Kit".
