Dictating machine, cylinder

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OBJECT TYPE: WAX CYLINDER/MECH./OFFICE
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0114.001

MANUFACTURER: Dictaphone Corp.
MODEL: CAMEO CB/TYPE B
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 357006
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TRANSCRIBER: METAL CASING, METAL & RUBBER? WORKING PARTS/ PLASTIC & METAL LISTENING DEVICE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 17.6 cm
Height: 20.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Dictaphone
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED BY SECRETARY TO TRANSCRIBE WAX CYLINDERS
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF PRE-ALL ELECTRONIC DICTATING
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE WITH 'DICTAPHONE CORP., N.Y./ TRANSCRIBING MACHINE/ TYPE B CAMEO MODEL' & REGISTRATION INFO. IN SILVER LETTERING/ PLATE WITH INCISED MODEL & SERIAL NUMBERS/ MFR'S PLATE WITH 'DICTAPHONE CORP./ UNIVERSAL MOTOR TYPE NO' & ADDITIONAL INFO IN SILVER LETTERING/ INCISED SERIAL NUMBER ON MOTOR CASING/ INCISED LETTERING ON CONTROL KNOBS/ 'OIL' PRINTED IN TWOPLACES
Missing: COVER/ LISTENING DEVICE PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL
Finish: LIGHT GREY CASING/ DARK GREY CHASSIS/ PLATED CYLINDER HOLDER, CONTROL KNOBS, SWITCHES/ RED PAINTED TIPS ON METAL PIECES/ PINK, BLACK & TRANSPARENT LISTENING DEVICE
Decoration: N/A

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Dictaphone Corp., Dictating machine, cylinder, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1981.0114, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1981.0114.001/

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