The Dictaphone

Dictaphone, Type A
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Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A
Dictaphone, Type A

Date Made: 1897-1922

Manufacturer For Dictaphone Company Of America: American Graphophone Company

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Transfer from Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: ME.313449Catalog Number: 313449Accession Number: 186797Serial Number: A 2359

Object Name: Dictating Machinedictating machine

Physical Description: metal: steel (dictating machine material)wood: Oak (case material)leather (part: belt material)Measurements: overall: 15 1/2 in x 17 in x 11 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 43.18 cm x 29.845 cmcase bottom plus machine (no horn): 13 in x 17 in x 11 3/4 in; 33.02 cm x 43.18 cm x 29.845 cmmandrel: 6 1/4 in; x 15.875 cmoverall: 13 3/8 in x 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 33.9725 cm x 41.91 cm x 29.21 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ac1f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_855306

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