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OBJECT TYPE: CONDENSER
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0038.001

MANUFACTURER: Carrier Microphone Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Inglewood, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON FERROUS METAL CASES, PROBABLY ALUMINUM. MICROPHONE DIAPHRAGM, STRETCHED ALUMINUM. INTERNAL MICROPHONE BACK PLATE AND HARDWARE PROBABLY MACHINED BRASS/ FABRIC STRAP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 46.9 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Carrier
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Inglewood

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1925-1935
Canada: USED BY RCMP
Function: TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE AND MUSIC, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A BROADCAST TRANSMITTER OR TO DRIVE FILM SOUND RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY BROADCAST MICROPHONE CONSTRUCTION
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL ON BODY READS: 'INGLEWOOD/ Carrier Microphone Company/ CALIF.'/ STAMPED AROUND SPEAKER: '94/ CARRIER MICROPHONE CO./ INGLEWOOD, CALIF./ 142'
Missing: TUBES
Finish: AMPLIFIER CASE AND BACK OF MICROPHONE, BLACK ENAMEL. THE FRONT PLATE OF THE MICROPHONE AND PROTECTIVE DIAPHRAGM SCREEN APPEAR TO BE GOLD PLATED
Decoration: RED,BLUE & GOLD DECAL ON BODY

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Carrier Microphone Co., Microphone, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1975.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0038.001/

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