Cassette Tape Recorder
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: maker
content: H.H. Scott, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scott model 2560 Casseiver combined an AM/FM stereo receiver with a cassette tape deck. Scott, a manufacturer of high-end radio receivers, adopted the cassette format invented by Philips in 1962. Philip’s cassette was one of several on the market. After its introduction in their Norelco line, the company offered free licences to other manufacturers who adopted the format. The original price on this Scott Casseiver was about $300, about $1700 in 2012 dollars.
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 H. H. Scott, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0080.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0080
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0080.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
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: 6 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 12 7/8 in; 17.145 cm x 34.925 cm x 32.7025 cm