General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER FOLDER, ENVELOPES AND INDEX SLIPS; SYNTHETIC DISKS

Dimensions

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

Length

30.6 cm

Width

23.4 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Office equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Edison

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

West Orange

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - THIS TYPE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 1950S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (1952-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC AS WELL AS OTHER CLIENTS.

Function

USED TO STORE RECORDED DICTATING DISCS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING INDEX SLIPS IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER SO THAT THEY CAN BE EASILY RETRIEVED - THESE ONES ARE UNUSED BUT ARE MEANT TO BE USED IN THIS MANNER

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A FILING SYSTEM DEVELOPED TO FIT THE TECHNOLOGY OF THETIME

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 FRONT COVER: 'EDISON/ Voicewriter/ SYSTEMS FOLDER/ for/ NAME'/ INSIDE: 'KEYMATIC INDEX SLIP/ EDISON DIAMOND DISC/ CORRESPONDENCE/ MEAD'S 63726'/ BACK COVER: [SAME AS FRONT EXCEPT] 'Thomas A Edison/ INCORPORATED/ WEST ORANGE, N.J.'/.6 INDEX SLIP: 'RECORDER NO 77327/ EDISON/ VOICEWRITER/ REMARKS SECRETARY DICTATOR DATE...'/.2 -5 envelope no markings but DISCs: 'EDISON DIAMOND DISC A NO/ Made IN U.S.A./ [REVERSE] Thomas A Edison B THOMAS A EDISON, INCORPORATED/ WEST ORANGE, N.J.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

FOLDER: LIGHT BROWN WITH DARK BROWN PRINTING/ ENVELOPES: BROWN/ INDEX SLIPS: WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING/ DISKS: BRIGHT RED WITH WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

DISC DRAWN ON FRONT OF FOLDER