Object Details
maker
TT Systems Corp.
Description (Brief)
Telephone answering machines in the mid-twentieth century used a variety of recording media, some standard, some special. This TT Systems TeleTender IV used both. The incoming message was recorded on a standard tape cassette inserted into the top of the machine in the same manner as a portable cassette player. The outgoing message, however, was recorded on a small cartridge inserted into a slot on the side of the machine. Less than half the size of an 8-track cartridge, the cartridge received with this object is labeled, “Sunday - Summer.”
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from PhoneTel Communications Inc., thru Daniel Henderson
date made
ca 1976
ID Number
2000.0101.11
catalog number
2000.0101.11
accession number
2000.0101
Object Name
telephone answering machine
recording device
answering machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10.2 cm x 28.5 cm x 24.1 cm; 4 in x 11 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in
See more items in
Work and Industry: Electricity
Magnetic Recording
Communications
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1299453