Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: maker
content: Fi-cord International
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This portable Fi-Cord reel-to-reel tape recorder was made in Switzerland around 1964. Intended for use as a portable dictating machine, the Fi-Cord model 101 weighs nearly two pounds (one kilogram).
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Swiss economy has always been heavily dependant on exporting manufactured products, especially finely crafted items like clocks and watches. This tape recorder exhibits the skill one associates with Swiss engineering and also shows that they quickly adopted transistors for small electronic devices.
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 F.C. Harding
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0407.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0407
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0407.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tape recorder
label: Object Name
content: recording device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.2 cm x 8.4 cm x 16.2 cm; 1 5/8 in x 3 5/16 in x 6 3/8 in