Telephone Answering Machine

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Object Details

maker

Hashimoto Corporation, Ltd.

Description (Brief)

This Phonetel model KH-141B answering machine used a removable cartridge to record telephone calls. This unit, with just a few simple controls, was imported from Hashimoto Corporation of Japan. The founder of that company, Kazuo Hashimoto, held several answering machine patents.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

from PhoneTel Communications Inc., thru Daniel Henderson

date made

ca 1980

ID Number

2000.0101.10

catalog number

2000.0101.10

accession number

2000.0101

Object Name

telephone answering machine

recording device

answering machine

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 7.6 cm x 23.5 cm x 20.3 cm; 3 in x 9 1/4 in x 8 in

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Work and Industry: Electricity

Magnetic Recording

Communications

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d0be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1299452