Brandes "Superior" headphones
date: label: date made
content: ca 1919
label: date made
content: c 1919
name: label: maker
content: Brandes Products Corp.
label: maker
content: C. Brandes Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "C. Brandes, Inc. / New York / Superior / Matched Tone / Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Office / Made in U.S.A. / Pat. Pending." Standard headset with double spring headband and standard plug connected to end of cord. 2.5"cap diameter. DC resistance not marked. This headphone style has been basically unchanged since the turn of the last century. Essentially a magneto telephone, later units were employed with horns to form a simple loudspeaker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321701
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: headset
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 in x 3 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.255 cm