Tape collection, audio

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0282.004

MANUFACTURER: 3M Co.
MODEL: 111
LOCATION: St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic tapes on synthetic reels in cardboard boxes. Also one reel in a metal container

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: 3M
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Minnesota
City: St. Paul

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: THIS UNIT USED BY THE DONOR BETWEEN 1963 AND 1996
Canada: PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANADA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.
Function: Used to store audio recordings for future playback.
Technical: PART OF A "PACKAGED" STUDIO CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDED, IN ONE UNIT, ALL FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OPERATE AN AM OR FM BROADCAST STATION. IT ALLOWED QUICK INSTALLATION AND FLEXIBILITY IN ROOM LAYOUT. CANADIAN MADE. TUBE TECHNOLOGY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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3M Co., Tape collection, audio, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1996.0282, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0282.004/

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