Telephone Answering Machine

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Description (Brief):

This Message On Hold telephone answering machine was designed for business use. The user would connect the device to their phone line so that an incoming caller could listen to music and messages while their call was on hold. This allowed the business to entertain their callers as well as providing a sales opportunity. The digital message unit is an early model made by DMS Corporation. The associated cassette recorder is marked "Panasonic".

Date Made: ca 1990

Maker: Digital Message Systems CorporationMatsushita

Location: Currently not on view

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

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Credit Line: from DMS Corporation, through J.B. Seligman and Byron Lancaster

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1995.0068.01Catalog Number: 1995.0068.01Accession Number: 1995.0068

Object Name: recording devicetelephone message playeranswering machine

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: message unit: 2 1/2 in x 8 in x 7 in; 6.35 cm x 20.32 cm x 17.78 cmcassette recorder: 2 1/4 in x 6 in x 10 in; 5.715 cm x 15.24 cm x 25.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9836-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1211703

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