Object Details
- Brush Development Company
- Description (Brief)
- These recording discs were made for the Brush Company “Mail-A-Voice” dictating machine. This set of 62 discs includes several slightly different types, the most significant difference being that some are paper and some are plastic. All are flexible and coated with a magnetizable powder. The Mail-A-Voice was designed by German immigrant Semi J. Begun who also used the device for personal correspondence. Several of the discs in the set are audio letters from Begun to his mother.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from Ruth W. Begun, in memory of Semi J. Begun
- 1947
- ID Number
- 1995.3101.05
- nonaccession number
- 1995.3101
- catalog number
- 1995.3101.05
- Object Name
- recording device
- magnetic recording disc
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 0.01 in x 9 in; .0254 cm x 22.86 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1301363
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-db9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
