Recorder-player, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/PORTABLE
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0690.001

MANUFACTURER: ITT CONSUMER PRODUCTS (UK) LTD.
MODEL: SL 58 AUTOMATIC
LOCATION: Sidcup, England

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General Information

Serial #: T27763904
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC/ METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ITT
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Sidcup

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED BY DONOR FROM 1968 TO 1995
Canada: USED IN CANADA BY DONOR - APPARENTLY FOR INTERVIEWS (SHE WORKED FOR LOCAL NEWSPAPER)
Function: TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK STANDARD CASSETTE TAPES
Technical: EXAMPLE OF EARLY GOOD QUALITY PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER FOR USE IN EUROPE ON 200-240 VOLTS. THE CASSETTE WAS INTRODUCED BY PHILIPS IN 1963.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STICKER ON BOTTOM READS: 'SL58 AUTOMATIC TYPE 5331 25 06/ BATTERY 7.5 V/ a.c. MAINS 200 to 250V 50 to 60 Hz. 5W./ WARNING/DISCONNECT FROM MAINS SUPPLY AT THE WALL SOCKET/ BEFORE OPENING THE CABINET AND WHEN NOT IN USE'/ PRINTING ON TOP INCLUDES: 'ITT/ RECORDER/ SL 58 automatic/ MIC. CASS./ VOLUME REC. STOP START'/ STICKER READS: 'A quality product from ITT/ MADE IN TAIWAN'
Missing: N/A
Finish: MATTE BLACK BODY WITH BRUSHED SILVER METAL TRIM
Decoration: BRUSHED METAL SPEAKER COVER WITH A SERIES OF ROUND HOLES/ METAL STRIP AROUND SIDES/ METAL HANDLE

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ITT CONSUMER PRODUCTS (UK) LTD., Recorder-player, tape, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1995.0690, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0690.001/

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