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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/MAILING
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0405.004

MANUFACTURER: Crofton Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASE; PAPER MAILING LABEL.

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.6 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Crofton
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS CASSETTE PLAYER & TAPES USED C. 1960-1980.
Canada: CASSETTE PLAYER AND TAPES DESIGNED FOR USE BY PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (CNIB) HAS DISTRIBUTED 'TALKING BOOKS' AND PLAYERS TO CANADIANS FREE OF CHARGE SINCE C. 1918. (REF. 2)
Function: TO REPRODUCE SPOKEN WORD IN AUDIBLE FORM.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF CASSETT PLAYER ADAPTED TO NEEDS OF A PERSON WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. PLAYER DESIGN AND OPERATION HAVE BEEN SIMPLIFIED, AND CONTRASTING COLOURS USED TO ASSIST OPERATOR IN LOCATING CONTROLS, ETC. .4 MAILING ENVELOPE USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE CASSETTES VIA POST: MAILING LABEL HAS CLIENT ADDRESS RECORDED ON ONE SIDE; WHEN READY TO RETURN TAPE TO CNIB LIBRARY, CLIENT SIMPLY REVERSED MAILING LABEL WHICH BEARS PRE-PRINTED ADDRESS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND" stamped into lower front edge of mailing envelope. "CROFTON LIMITED, LONDON/ REG'D DESIGN. PATENT PENDING" stamped into envelope, in open area of mailing label. .4PT mailing label marked "[Canada wordmark symbol] First/ Class/ Premiere/ classe/ The Canadian National Institute for the Blind/ LIBRARY DEPARTMENT/ 1929 Bayview Avenue/ Toronto, Ontario, Canada/ M4G 3E8/ BOOKS FOR THE BLIND - POST FREE" on one side; "[Canada wordmark symbol] First/ Class/ Premiere/ classe/ Olive M. Orr/ R.R. #1/ Arnprior, Ontario/ K7S 3G7/ BOOKS FOR THE BLIND - POST FREE" marked on reverse.
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC MAILING POUCH HAS VELCRO CLOSURE AT ONE END; OFF-WHITE PAPER MAILING LABEL.
Decoration: N/A

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Crofton Ltd., Envelope, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0405, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0405.004/

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