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- Edison Receiver Unit, Type 7R, Used in Edison Console Radio Phonographs, 1920-1930 -
- 1920-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Receiver Unit, Type 7R, Used in Edison Console Radio Phonographs, 1920-1930
- Edisonic Voicewriter Headphones, Model 3, circa 1960 -
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Edisonic Voicewriter Headphones, Model 3, circa 1960
- Splitdorf Dixie Magneto, 1915-1925 - Magnetos served as simple, reliable ignition systems for internal combustion engines in early automobiles, motorcycles, and airplanes. Modern ignition magnetos are still found in lawn mowers and chainsaws, and aircraft use magnetos as an independent electrical system. Auto manufacturers, however, found other methods to keep engines turning.
- 1915-1925
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Splitdorf Dixie Magneto, 1915-1925
Magnetos served as simple, reliable ignition systems for internal combustion engines in early automobiles, motorcycles, and airplanes. Modern ignition magnetos are still found in lawn mowers and chainsaws, and aircraft use magnetos as an independent electrical system. Auto manufacturers, however, found other methods to keep engines turning.
- Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940 - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- 1910-1940
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Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940 - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- 1910-1940
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Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940 - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- 1910-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940 - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- 1910-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- Ediphone, Model D - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. When Edison invented the phonograph, one proposed use was "dictation without the aid of stenographers." Its tinfoil playback medium lacked quality, however. Alexander Graham Bell's Graphophone (later, Dictaphone) improved the phonograph by using wax cylinders for superior playback; cylinders were also used in the competing Ediphone.
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Ediphone, Model D
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. When Edison invented the phonograph, one proposed use was "dictation without the aid of stenographers." Its tinfoil playback medium lacked quality, however. Alexander Graham Bell's Graphophone (later, Dictaphone) improved the phonograph by using wax cylinders for superior playback; cylinders were also used in the competing Ediphone.
- Ediphone Shaver, circa 1926 - 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.
- circa 1926
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Ediphone Shaver, circa 1926
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.
- Flask, 1837-1842 - Whether depicted as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the first president of the United States, or a symbol of the republic, George Washington is a common likeness on early American flasks. Washington appears on 72 recorded flask designs--more than any other person. This example shows Washington with later politician, Henry Clay. Both are depicted as classical statesmen.
- 1837-1842
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Flask, 1837-1842
Whether depicted as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the first president of the United States, or a symbol of the republic, George Washington is a common likeness on early American flasks. Washington appears on 72 recorded flask designs--more than any other person. This example shows Washington with later politician, Henry Clay. Both are depicted as classical statesmen.