Cassette Tape Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1972
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This portable cassette recorder was designed by the noted industrial designer John Vassos (1898-1985). Born in Romania to Greek parents, Vassos came to the US in 1919 and began studying design. Famous for his modernist designs, he contributed to establishing the look of radios and televisions after going to work for RCA in 1933.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This recorder is one of his later projects but shows the clean lines and relative simplicity of the controls Vassos was known for. The recorder also shows how styles had changed since the streamlined designs of the 1930s.
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 Paul Johnes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0657.07
label: accession number
content: 1989.0657
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0657.07
label: model number
content: YZB532Y
objectType: label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: tape recorder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 21 cm; 3 3/8 in x 11 5/8 in x 8 1/4 in