Wire Recording Cartridge
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of the difficulties of using steel wire as a recording medium was the fragility of the thin wire. These RCA model MI-12877 recording cartridges from about 1948 were designed to address that problem. The user simply inserts the cartridge into the recorder and can quickly begin using the machine. The steel casing is durable and the wires are only exposed at the front of the cartridge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Magnetic Recording
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Marianthe Karaberi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0034.02
label: accession number
content: 2002.0034
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0034.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wire recording cartridge
label: Object Name
content: recording device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.75 cm x 15.25 cm x 5 cm; 4 1/4 in x 6 in x 1 15/16 in