Telephone Answering Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1990
name: label: maker
content: Digital Message Systems Corporation
label: maker
content: Matsushita
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Message On Hold telephone answering machine was designed for business use. The user would connect the device to their phone line so that an incoming caller could listen to music and messages while their call was on hold. This allowed the business to entertain their callers as well as providing a sales opportunity. The digital message unit is an early model made by DMS Corporation. The associated cassette recorder is marked "Panasonic".
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 DMS Corporation, through J.B. Seligman and Byron Lancaster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0068.01
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0068.01
label: accession number
content: 1995.0068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: telephone message player
label: Object Name
content: answering machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: message unit: 2 1/2 in x 8 in x 7 in; 6.35 cm x 20.32 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: cassette recorder: 2 1/4 in x 6 in x 10 in; 5.715 cm x 15.24 cm x 25.4 cm