Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives

As we near the month of December, you may be escaping the season’s chill by curling up on the couch with a blanket and indulging in some television. This Admiral television was built circa 1955 and can be found on the third floor of the Heritage Museum. Dubbed the Super Cascade, it has multiple functions and truly does it all: a TV is fixed into the left side, featuring an astounding nineteen-inch screen with round operating knobs on each side. On the right, one can access the machine’s record player and radio by lifting the wooden lid. The music and sound effects filter through a large speaker with a beige and tan woven front which covers nearly two thirds of the right side. Though it wouldn’t have been used to stream our favorite Netflix shows and movies, this system is a triple threat and an entertainment unit in the truest sense of the term.