Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder

Description (Brief):

This portable tape recorder from Steelman Phonograph & Radio Company was produced during the early 1950s and featured miniature vacuum tubes in the circuits. Users found this recorder much easier to carry than earlier tape and wire recorders. While transistors accelerated miniaturization and portability in electronics, vacuum tube development had already made smaller and more portable devices practical. By the end of the 1950s however, this recorder was replaced by a transistorized design that used less power and was more rugged.

Date Made: ca 1960

Maker: Kleinerman, Ben

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity, Magnetic Recording, Communications

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Credit Line: from Ben Kleinerman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.0520.02Accession Number: 1987.0520Catalog Number: 1987.0520.02

Object Name: tape recorderrecording device

Physical Description: metal (overall material)leather (overall material)plastic (overall material)rubber (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b873-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1344191

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