America's history through the lens of 20th century broadcast media
Gallery - Equipment - Recording Equipment
Equipment and other artifacts (except premiums) that aren't necessarily connected to a single program, station or performer. In museum parlance, these would be known as 3-dimensional artifacts (as opposed to 2D items like pictures or letters(
Recording Equipment
Protona Attache Minifon tape recorder. Minifon initially manufacturerd a wire recorder but switched to using a proprietary 1/4" tape cassette c 1954. The microphone controls the transport to advance/pause the tape. The Protona line was supposedly popular for spycraft but also for business uses.
Webster-Chicago (WEBCOR) tape recorder, c. 1948. Like Protona Webcor also switched to 1/4" tape as a recording medium in the arly 1920s.
Uher Stereo Report, c. 1964. Uher initially made monophonic units which were of high quality and often used by radio station reporters. The later stereo model was less popular
