Universal carbon suspension microphone
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Universal Microphone / Inglewood, Calif. / Patents Pending / X1 1204N". Unit is a carbon microphone in a 2.5" diameter case, suspended on spring supports in an octagonal desk-type frame. A rubber-insulated cord cable terminates in a plug. Reference: similar to Mode "A" microphone illustrated in "1932 Universal Microphone Catalog." Made by Universal Microphone Co. Ltd., Warren Lane, Inglewood, California.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
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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.321459
label: catalog number
content: 321459
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microphone
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 13.335 cm x 12.7 cm