Motorola BPR2000 Pager

Description:

Motorola produced this BPR 2000 model pager around 1982. Prior to the widespread availability of inexpensive cell phones many people carried telephone pagers to stay in contact with work or home. A miniature radio receiver, a pager alerted the user that someone needed to talk to them and provided the call-back number. The BPR 2000 featured a dual address and numerical display to also show the user the source of an incoming call. Later alphanumeric pagers could communicate messages to the user. Pager use declined as cell phone coverage expanded across the U.S.

Date Made: 1982

Maker: Motorola Inc.

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity, Communications, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: from the Motorola Museum

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0246.05Catalog Number: 1997.0246.05Accession Number: 1997.0246

Object Name: pager

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-ba41-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1344387

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