Magnetic Belt Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
name: label: maker
content: Dictaphone Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Recording machines designed for dictation have used many different formats over the years. This “Time-master” unit made by Dictaphone Corporation used a 3.5-inch wide belt coated with a magnetizable material. Sold as “Dictabelt Records” in a pack of 10, these belts were stronger than regular, thin plastic recording tape.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This machine was used in the office of historian Daniel J. Boorstin when he served as director of the National Museum of History and Technology. The unit includes a loudspeaker, two different types of foot-pedal controls, and a “Twin Ear” head set.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .01: Dictaphone “Time-master” electronic dictating machine, (version 1). Includes vinyl cover, power cord (~2 meters) and green extension cord (~ 2 meters). Also includes “Dictabelt Records” (blank recording belts), one full pack of 10 belts and one pack of 9. On bottom: label 1 reads: “UL Listed under reexamination service of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.”; label 2 reads: “Rated 110 VAC 60 Cycles 45 Watts (B)”; label 3 reads in part: “Dictaphone Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Registered Trade Mark electronic dictating machine”. Patents listed for 9 countries including US 2219030 to 2667613. Printed on front: “Dictaphone Time-master Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.”; knobs labeled: “V”, “T”, “S”. Printed on back: “Dictaphone Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Transcribing Machine”. Printed on vinyl cover: “Dictaphone Dictating Machine Time-master Model”.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .02: Dictaphone speaker. Cord (~2 meters) to attach to transcription machine. Decals on front and back: “Dictaphone”. Painted on bottom: “51343”
label: Description (Brief)
content: .03: Dictaphone pedal control with 2 pedals and cord (~2 meters) to attach to transcription machine. Printed on bottom: “51349”, “Final OK”.
label: Description (Brief)
content: .04: Dictaphone FC-15 pedal control with single pedal and cord (~2 meters) to attach to transcription machine. Printed on bottom: “Model FC-15”. Bottom: label reads: “UL Listed under reexamination service of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: .05: Dictaphone FC-15 pedal control with single pedal and cord (~2 meters) to attach to transcription machine. Printed on bottom: “Model FC-15”. Bottom, one label reads: “UL Listed under reexamination service of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.”; second label reads: “Accepted by H. C.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: .06: Dictaphone “Twin Ear” head set with cord (~1.5 meters) to attach to transcription machine. Stamped on hinge: “Dictaphone Twin-Ear”.
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 the Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0125.07
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0125.07
label: accession number
content: 2010.0125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dictaphone
label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: dictating machine
label: Other Terms
content: dictaphone; Audio Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: dictaphone: 11.4 cm x 33 cm x 26.7 cm; 4 1/2 in x 13 in x 10 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: speaker: 11.4 cm x 14 cm x 18.4 cm; 4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: pedal control 1: 5.8 cm x 18.4 cm x 17.8 cm; 2 5/16 in x 7 1/4 in x 7 in
label: Measurements
content: pedal control 2: 4.1 cm x 15.25 cm x 15.25 cm; 1 5/8 in x 6 in x 6 in
label: Measurements
content: pedal control 3: 4.1 cm x 15.25 cm x 15.25 cm; 1 5/8 in x 6 in x 6 in
label: Measurements
content: headset: 19 cm x 15.25 cm x 2.5 cm; 7 1/2 in x 6 in x in