Object Details
- General Electric Company
- Description (Brief)
- This GE wire recorder is a licensed copy of the Armour model 50 recorder designed and made for the U.S. military during World War II. Based on the work of Marvin Camras, Armour fabricated wire recorders at a small, specially-built plant until 1944. The demand for increased production of recorders led GE to begin production of the model 51.
- The Armed Forces Radio Service used a variety of recording devices, including wire recorders, to bring programming to troops stationed around the world. This wire recorder used four vacuum tubes and ran on alternating current.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from Fred and Ginger Mitchell
- ca 1945
- ID Number
- 1992.0438.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0438.01
- accession number
- 1992.0438
- Object Name
- wire recorder
- recording device
- Other Terms
- wire recorder; Transmission; Storage; Communications
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 37.5 cm x 27 cm x 32.5 cm; 14 3/4 in x 10 5/8 in x 12 13/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1115540
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9527-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
