Object Details
- PhoneMate
- Description (Brief)
- In 1971, PhoneMate introduced the Model 400 answering machine that held twenty messages on a reel-to-reel tape. An earphone allowed the user to listen privately to incoming messages. Bell Telephone resisted the introduction of answering machines for many years, fearful that people would make fewer calls if they thought they might be recorded.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from PhoneMate, thru Shun Yamaura
- ca 1974
- ID Number
- 1989.0371.03
- accession number
- 1989.0371
- catalog number
- 1989.0371.03
- model number
- 400
- Object Name
- answering machine
- recording device
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 cm x 24 cm x 30 cm; 3 9/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 11 13/16 in
- microphone: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- Japan
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1292439
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-abb8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
