Object Details
maker
American Telecommunications Corporation
Description (Brief)
This “AutoMatic TelePhone” unit combines an answering machine with a telephone. Like many early answering machines, the tape is not in a removable format. Twenty minutes of recording time is permitted before the tape must be erased and reset to the beginning. A more advanced model featured a remote access feature that allowed the user to use a small tone-generator to activate the machine from any telephone.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from PhoneTel Communications Inc., thru Daniel Henderson
date made
1980
ID Number
2000.0101.08
catalog number
2000.0101.08
accession number
2000.0101
Object Name
telephone answering machine
recording device
answering machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5 in x 11 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 27.90012 cm x 25.4 cm
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Magnetic Recording
Communications
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1299450