Gold wireless microphone and black case used on The Oprah Winfrey Show
date: label: Date
content: 2009
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Shure, founded 1925
label: Used by
content: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
notes: label: Description
content: A wireless gold-plated microphone (.1ab) and case (.2) used by Oprah Winfrey during episodes of Season 24 of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The hand-held microphone has a circular gold mesh wire grill with a flattened top covering the foam interior of the microphone. The grill is bisected around the sides by a band of gold-plated metal. The grill is attached to a gold-plated cylindrical handle. The handle is made from two pieces, with a small rectangular digital display screen on the top half of the handle bordered by gray plastic, with "G1 470-530 MHZ" printed in white type below it. A smaller round-edged cylindrical piece of black plastic protrudes from the bottom of the handle with the text "SHURE" in relief on the tip and an On/Off switch where the tip meets the handle. The bottom half of the handle (b) screws off to reveal a battery chamber that holds two (2) AA batteries. Opposite the battery chamber is a digital push-button menu with four (4) buttons reading clockwise from top: up-facing arrow, "enter", down-facing arrow, "exit". The button menu is directly below the digital display screen on the exterior of the top half of the handle. Beneath the buttons is a manufacturer's label with serial and model numbers, and a key for the menu buttons.
label: Description
content: .2: A black hard plastic briefcase-style case for the microphone (.1ab). The case is rectangular with rounded corners and a sloping angle on the top side around the handle and clasps. Gold text is painted on the front of the case reading "SHURE ®" in the top left facing corner, "UHF-R (R) Wireless Systems" in the top right facing corner, and "Audio/Reference/Companding" in the bottom left facing corner. Opaque white adhesive tape is placed at the center top edge with black typed text reading "OPRAH'S GOLD MIC". The top of the case has a rounded handle at the center, with two (2) gray plastic clasps, one on either side of the handle. There are plastic ridges on the bottom of the case that act as feet when the case is closed and standing upright. Inside the case on both the top and bottom is gray soft foam with shapes cut out to so the microphone and its components can be nested inside.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.324.3.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cases (containers)
label: Type
content: microphones
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: .1ab: plastic, metal, gold plate, wire, and foam;
label: Medium
content: .2: plastic, foam, and ink on adhesive paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1ab): 9 15/16 × 2 × 2 in. (25.2 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2 (open)): 10 1/4 × 10 13/16 × 9 7/8 in. (26 × 27.5 × 25.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2 (closed)): 8 11/16 × 10 7/8 × 2 9/16 in. (22.1 × 27.6 × 6.5 cm)