Dictaphone cylinder
Dictaphone Company Limited
Category
Desktop & office
Date
1963
Materials
Vinyl, cardboard and greaseproof paper.
Measurements
Each cylinder - 155 mm (height); 60 mm (diameter), Box - 377 mm (length); 294 mm (width); 190 mm (height)
Place of origin
Mosley Street (Woolwich House), 59/61
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661860
Summary
Dictaphone cylinders in their original delivery box. A rectangular brown cardboard box subdivided with interlocking cardboard strips. Nine of the compartments contain a black vinyl Dictaphone cylinder. Each cylinder is individually wrapped in greaseproof paper and corrugated cardboard. On the top of the cardboard box is a blue and white printed label which has the address of both sender and receiver printed on it. There are also two postage stamps on top of the box, one bears the postmark '4 Feb [19]63'. Total number of items is 37.
Marks and inscriptions
One end of the cylinder: 'DICTAPHONE CYLINDER MADE IN ENGLAND JO 1'
Makers and roles
Dictaphone Company Limited, maker