General Information

Serial #

402349

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

PRIMARILY METAL; SYNTHETIC FITTINGS; RUBBER COVERED CORDS & FOOT PEDAL MECHANISM; FABRIC COVERING ON SPEAKER OPENINGS.

Dimensions

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

Length

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Webster Chicago

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MACHINE USED C. 1958; MAY HAVE BEEN USED EARLIER. THIS TYPE USED C. LATE 1940S- 1950S.

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO RECORD & PLAY BACK SOUND ON A STAINLESS STEEL TAPE.

Technical

'ELECTRONIC MEMORY 228' MODEL WIRERECORDING DICTATION MACHINE ADVERTISED AS EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL, COSTING LESS TO BUY THAN A TYPEWRITER. PROVIDED WITH A HAND-HELD MICROPHONE, AND TW-WAY FOOT PEDAL CONTROL ENABLING TRANSCRIBER TO MOVE FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS THROUGH RECORDING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "Electronic Memory/ WEBSTER-CHICAGO" appears on recorder front. All controls, etc. labelled. "402349" stamped into casing front, in upper left. W-C logo stencilled on circular speaker cover on lower front right. "[Webster-Chicago logo]/ RMA 375/ WEBSTER-CHICAGO/ CHICAGO 89, ILL. U.S.A./ LICENSED UNDER ARMOUR PATENTS/ MODEL 228-1/ USE ONLY ON ALTERNATING CURRENT AT/ 105-120 VOLTS 60 CYCLES 70 WATTS/ TO REPLACE TUBES-/ REMOVE THIS PLATE./ TO REPLACE PILOT LAMP-/ REMOVE FOUR CROSS-HEADED/ SCREWS IN COVER AND LIFT/ TOP COVER OFF.""[logo]/ REVERSE-FORWARD" appears on foot pedal top side; "JULY 12 1951" stamped in black on underside.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE. BOTH REELS OF WIRE RECORDING MATERIAL ARE DAMAGED: .3 PROBABLY BEYOND REPAIR.

Finish

MOTTLED GREY ENAMELLED FINISH; BLACK AND DARK RED-BROWN TRIM AND FITTINGS; FLAT BLACK FOOT PEDAL AND CORDS COVERING. DARK RED-BROWN FABRIC COVERING ON SPEAKER AND BENEATH FRONT GRILL.

Decoration

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