Dictaphone Shaving Machine, Type S, Model 10, circa 1929
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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 1929
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.0.34.1111
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Color
Black (Color)
Silver (Color)
Gold (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 32.75 in
Width: 20.5 in
Length: 15.25 in
Inscriptions
on front:
DICTAPHONE / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
on plate:
56531
on plate:
Dictaphone / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. / Registered Trade Mark / [...] / SHAVING MACHINE / PATENT NOTICE INSIDE / DICTAPHONE CORPORATION / NEW YORK / SOLE MANUFACTURER / MADE IN U.S.A. / TYPE S / MODEL 10
on sticker:
Dictaphone / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / TYPE S SHAVING MACHINE MODEL 10 / PATENT NOTICE / [...] / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A.
on sticker:
Dictaphone / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / REGISTERED TRADE MARK / [...] / DICTAPHONE CORPORATION / BRIDGEPORT, CONN. U.S.A. / PATENT NOTICE INSIDE / MADE IN U.S.A.
on sticker:
Form F-25. Made in U.S.A. / WE GUARANTEE / THE MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL DICTAPHONE DICTATING MACHINES, TRANSCRIBING MACHINES AND SHAVING MACHINES AND WILL REPLACE, FREE OF CHARGE, ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF WHICH MAY, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS FROM DATE OF THEIR SALE BY US, DEVELOP DEFECTS OR IMPERFECTIONS DUE TO IMPERFECT MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP. / DICTAPHONE CORPORATION / NEW YORK
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