General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

DISKS: METAL COATED WITH SYNTHETIC; PAPER LABEL/ SLEEVES & ENVELOPE: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

16.5 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

RECORDISC

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1940'S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF DISKS AVAILABLE FOR 'HOME' RECORDING IN CANADA IN THE 1940'S

Function

USED TO RECORD AUDIO ON 'HOME' RECORDING APPARATUS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF BLANK DISKS USED FOR HOME RECORDING IN THE 1940'S. THESE HAVE A METAL DISK EMBEDDED IN PLASTIC TO ENSURE THAT THE DISK REMAINS FLAT DURING RECORDING. THE WEIGHT OF THE STYLUS DURING RECORDING COULD WARP THE DISK IF METAL CORE WAS NOT THERE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.6 LABEL- SAME ON BOTH SIDES: 'THE RECORDISC CORP./ 395 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY/ PLAY/ INSIDE OUT/ PLAY/ OUTSIDE IN/ TITLE/ RECORDER/ FOR VICTORY/ DATE SPEED/ TYPE PROFESSIONAL COPYRIGHT 1942'/ PRINTED ON ENVELOPE FRONT: 'SNAPSHOTS R IN SOUND/ RECORDISC [5 TIMES IN DIFFERENT FONTS]/ THE RECORDISC CORP. 395 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY/ Recordiscs are ideal for POLICE DEPARTMENTS/ SCHOOLS COLLEGES AIRPORTS GREETINGS/ SALES TRAINING LETTER WRITING PUBLIC ADDRESS/ SYSTEMS RADIO PROGRAMS/ THIS PACKAGE CONTAINS/ 6 ORANGE LABEL DISCS'

Missing

N/A

Finish

DISK: BLACK WITH YELLOW, WHITE & BLACK LABEL/ SLEEVE: BEIGE/ ENVELOPE: BEIGE WITH BLUE & RED PRINTING

Decoration

ON ENVELOPE: DRAWINGS OF PERSONS HEADS; & STARS IN CORNERS