Webster-Chicago Model 80 Wire Recorder, circa 1947
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During the prosperous years following World War II, sound recording was a creative, experimental field. Wire recorders used magnetized steel wire to record and play back sounds--music, dictation, and so on. Magnetic wire and magnetic tape were both in use during the 1940s and 50s. Webster-Chicago was a leading manufacturer of both wire recorders and reel-to-reel tape recorders.
During the prosperous years following World War II, sound recording was a creative, experimental field. Wire recorders used magnetized steel wire to record and play back sounds--music, dictation, and so on. Magnetic wire and magnetic tape were both in use during the 1940s and 50s. Webster-Chicago was a leading manufacturer of both wire recorders and reel-to-reel tape recorders.
Artifact
Wire recorder
Date Made
circa 1947
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
74.101.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Joseph Brooks
Material
Metal
Plastic
Inscriptions
WEBSTER CHICAGO
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