Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Rectangular gray-enamled housing with grill and controls at front; controls enameled in red and black, with white text: “B”, “L”, and “C”. In relief: “EDISON” / “VOICEWRITER” / “Thomas A. Edison”. Slot on right side with hinged hatch accepts a recording disc.Gray and tan plastic hand-held microphone attached to back with a gray cord. Set of translucent red plastic recording discs, each printed in white around the center hole. One side with “Edison / A (in a white diamond surround) / DIAMOND DISC / MADE IN U.S.A / NO. (in a white diamond surround)"; the other side with “Thomas A. Edison (in script) / B (in a white diamond surround)" / THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED / WEST ORANGE N.J. / NO. (in a white diamond surround).
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Manufacturer
- Thomas A. Edison Inc., American, founded 1896
- Designer
- Carl Otto, American, 1911 - 1983
- Date
- 1953
- Credit Line
- Gift of Unknown Donor
- Medium
- aluminum, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (approx.): 5.4 x 25 x 30.5 cm (2 1/8 in. x 9 13/16 in. x 12 in.)
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- dictating machine
- Type
- dictating machine
