West Cylinder Dictaphone
Dictaphone Corporation, New York, New York
about 1910
Black painted finish, on 4 footed (wheels) stand, missing needle, horn and some of the wax cylinders, but have complete set of 6 cylinder boxes stored at base of stand, Model 7, Type B.
Overall: 12 × 6 × 8 in. (30.5 × 15.2 × 20.3 cm)
Overall: 26 in. (66 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.147
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Acoustics
Not on view
Provenance
Found in Hood Museum of Art storage by Kellen G. Haak and Rich Kremer, not catalogued, September 2007; transferred into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, January 2008.
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