Black wireless microphone used on The Oprah Winfrey Show
date: label: Date
content: 1986-2011
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Vega Electronics Corporation, American
label: Used by
content: Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
notes: label: Description
content: A black wireless handheld microphone used by Oprah Winfrey on the The Oprah Winfrey Show. The microphone has a cylindrical handle ending in a blunt edge at the bottom, with the metal grill at the top covered in a black foam windscreen. A band of black adhesive tape is attached around the microphone where the windscreen meets the metal handle. A panel near the bottom of the handle opens with a flat screw. On the flat bottom of the handle are two (2) black plastic toggle switches. The switch on the left is labeled with an "M" and the switch on the rights is labeled with a "P".
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2014.324.1
objectType: 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: plastic, metal, wire, and foam
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 5/8 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (27 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm)