Object Details
- PhoneMate
- Description (Brief)
- This PhoneMate model PM-800S answering machine bears a label that reads: "California Public Utilities Commission Equipment Authorized for Direct Connection to Telephone Network." The Bell System resisted the development of telephone answering machines for several reasons, one of which was fear that devices produced outside of Bell’s tightly controlled research and testing environment might prove harmful to the overall system. California regulators adopted a certification program whereby manufacturers could demonstrate that their equipment would not damage Bell equipment, and hence was safe for customers to use.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- from PhoneTel Communications Inc., thru Daniel Henderson
- ca 1975
- ID Number
- 2000.0101.07
- catalog number
- 2000.0101.07
- accession number
- 2000.0101
- Object Name
- telephone answering machine
- recording device
- answering machine
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.4 cm x 24.7 cm x 30.5 cm; 4 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 12 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1299449
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d0bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
