The Dictaphone
The Dictaphone
- NFSA IDDKKMKCMG
- TypeObjects
- MediumArtefact
- FormEquipment, Domestic
'Dictaphone' is a trademarked name, but the term has come to be synonymous with machines used to record the voice.
This incarnation, complete with horn and hose records speech direct onto a wax cylinder.
Manufactured in Australia, circa 1920s. The metal plate on the front reads 'The Dictaphone, trade mark. 19 Hunter Street, Sydney. Phones B2187 – 5716 and at Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide.'
CREDITS
Photographer Brooke Shannon
'Dictaphone' is a trademarked name, but the term has come to be synonymous with machines used to record the voice.
This incarnation, complete with horn and hose records speech direct onto a wax cylinder.
Manufactured in Australia, circa 1920s. The metal plate on the front reads 'The Dictaphone, trade mark. 19 Hunter Street, Sydney. Phones B2187 – 5716 and at Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide.'
CREDITS
Photographer Brooke Shannon
- NFSA IDDKKMKCMG
- TypeObjects
- MediumArtefact
- FormEquipment, Domestic
- PhotographerBrooke Shannon
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