Disk, facsimile
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RADIO/INVERSE 33 1/3
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0080.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Crosley Corp.
- MODEL
- FINCH READO
- LOCATION
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC (VINYL?) DISK; PAPER LABEL, PROTECTIVE SLEEVE AND SHIPPING CONTAINER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 31.5 cm
- Height
- 1.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Crosley
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cincinnati
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF FACSIMILE DISK USED C. 1939 +. TECHNOLOGY NOT WIDELY USED AFTER C. 1950.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY RADIO FACSIMILE DISK PURCHASED IN NYC AND USED, WITH SPECIALTY PRINTER, IN OTTAWA, ONT. BY DONOR FOR PRIVATE RECEPTION OF FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS. - Function
-
USED AS STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RECORDED FACSIMILE SIGNALS, FOR DISTRIBUTION FOR BROADCAST PURPOSES. - Technical
-
VERY EARLY RADIO FACSIMILE DISK PURCHASED (WITH 'READO' PRINTER ) BY DONOR AFTER HAVING SEEN THE NEW TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATED AT THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR IN NYC. CONNECTED TO A AN ORDINARY RADIO RECEIVER, THE READO PRINTED FACSIMILE BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS. THIS DISK WAS SOLD WITH THE READO AS A TEST OR DEMONSTRATION DISK; ACTUAL TRANSMISSIONS FROM FACSIMILE BROADCASTERS SENT VIA CONVENTIONAL AM CHANNEL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " Speed 33 1/3/ start at inside/ Facsimile/ Transcription " handwritten on one side of record label. " # 7663 C.R.C. Reado " crudely incised on disk, near label; " # 7660 C.R.C. Picture " similarly incised on reverse. "FRAGILE" stickers applied to both sides of PT mailing container. Postage label dated " OCT 27'39 ", and includes illustration & text "SEE THE/ CROSLEY/ BUILDING AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR ". Mailing label includes text " FROM/ THE CROSLEY CORPORATION/ POWEL CROSLEY JR., PRESIDENT/ CINCINNATI, OHIO ", " [VIA] Mr. G.H. Finch " & "Finch Telecommunications/ Laboratories Inc./ 37 West 57th. Street,/ New York, New York ".
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BROWN-BLACK DISK; OFF-WHITE LABEL & SLEEVE; BUFF-COLOURED SHIPPING CONTAINER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Crosley Corp., Disk, facsimile, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1998.0080, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0080.001/
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