Telephone Answering Machine
Telephone Answering Machine
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- Description (Brief)
- PhoneMate’s model 5000 answering machine sold for about $120 in the late 1980s. In order to save space many answering machine makers adopted a tape cartridge that was much smaller than the standard audio cassette. The model 5000 took this miniaturization one step further by reducing the size of entire machine. One advertisement shows the unit being held in a man’s hand.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- answering machine
- recording device
- date made
- 1989
- maker
- PhoneMate
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 cm x 15 cm x 10 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1989.0371.01
- accession number
- 1989.0371
- catalog number
- 1989.0371.01
- model number
- 5000
- Credit Line
- from PhoneMate, thru Shun Yamaura
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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