Magnetic Sheet Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1962
name: label: maker
content: Riken Optical
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This unusual magnetic recorder was used an a dictation machine in the 1960s. The recording medium is a letter-sized sheet coated with a magnetic powder. The round plate on the machine carried the read-write head and spins under the stationary sheet. One can then fold the recording and mail it to the recipient. The donor’s father owned a business equipment store and acquired this piece as a marketing demonstration. In this instance, the product did not succeed in the market.
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 Steven Lett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0101.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0101.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: dictating machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 10 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 26.035 cm x 39.37 cm