Dictaphone “Time-master” electronic dictating machine with accessories
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: Dictaphone “Time-master” electronic dictating machine, ca 1955, (version 1). Includes vinyl cover, microphone (~1.5 meters cord), hard shell carrying case and package with 10 pads of paper labels for belts. One additional pad of labels is installed on machine. Machine: on bottom: label 1 reads: “UL Listed under reexamination service of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.”; label 2 reads: “Rated 110 VAC-DC 25-60 Cycles 55 Watts (A-T-C-U)”; 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.”; knob labeled: “Off”. Printed on back: “Dictaphone Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Transcribing Machine”. Printed on vinyl cover: “Dictaphone Dictating Machine Time-master Model”. Label inside carrying case: “Important Follow these instructions when placing your Time-Master in carrying case.”, 7 instructions follow. Molded on microphone button: “Review” and on plug: “HM-17” and “R”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0125.08
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0125.08
label: accession number
content: 2010.0125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dictaphone
label: Object Name
content: dictating machine
label: Other Terms
content: Dictaphone; Audio Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.25 cm x 41.25 cm x 33 cm; 6 in x 16 1/4 in x 13 in