Sony TPS-L2 "Walkman" Cassette Player
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Sony
notes: label: Description
content: This Sony "Walkman" portable tape player dates from the early 1980s. Originally introduced in 1979 as the “Soundabout,” two people could listen simultaneously while a small microphone permitted them to converse without removing their headsets. Powered by two AA batteries or an optional rechargeable battery pack, the recorder sold well until the decline of the cassette format in the mid 2000s.
label: Description
content: Until the middle of the twentieth century portable recording equipment could be quite heavy. The introduction of small transistor radios in 1954 marked a new era in portable entertainment. Philips’ invention of a compact recording cassette in 1962 provided a convenient medium for music distribution.
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label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Sony Corporation of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0127.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0127
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0127.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magnetic recording device
label: Object Name
content: tape recorder
label: Object Name
content: cassette player
label: Other Terms
content: tape recorder; Audio Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (parts material)
label: Measurements
content: player: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x 2.8575 cm