Telephone Answering Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1968
name: label: maker
content: Crown Radio Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Crown model CTA-4000 answering machine from the late 1960s used a non-standard cassette for recording messages. The telephone sat on top of the unit and was connected via a pickup and telephone cradle plug. A small microphone is mounted in a slot on the right side. The duration of message was 60 seconds. An advertisement from 1968 lists the retail price as $98.50 while one year it sold for $49.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
label: location of prior holder
content: United States: Ohio, Kent
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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 Thomas S. Lough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0264.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0264.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: answering machine
label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Other Terms
content: answering machine; Telephones
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown (case color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (microphone color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (microphone material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 6.5 cm x 21 cm x 28 cm; 2 9/16 in x 8 1/4 in x 11 in