Ediphone Shaver, circa 1926
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Artifact Overview
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices largely used for oral dictation in business settings. In this scenario, wax cylinder recordings were passed to a secretary, who listened to the recording with a playback-only transcriber and then typed up notes. A shaving machine, such as this one, scraped the previously inscribed layer away allowing a wax cylinder to be reused over 100 times.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Shaving machine
Date Made
circa 1926
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
29.2003.70
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Material
Chromium
Iron alloy
Steel (Alloy)
Color
Green
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: undefined in
Width: undefined in
Length: undefined in
Inscriptions
on front:
Edison
on plate:
Ediphone Shaver / TRADE MARK / PATENTED APR 27, 1915 / SERIAL NO. 27422 / MANUFACTURED BY / THOMAS A. EDISON, INC., ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A.
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