Tape, audio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC/CARTRIDGE/8-TRACK
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0271.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC TAPE & CARTRIDGE/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.5 cm
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HARDMAN
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE PURCHASE BLANK & USED FOR HOME RECORDING. 8-TRACK PLAYERS WERE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY IN AUTOMOBILES, FROM LATE 1960S TO LATE 1970S. HOME RECORDING FROM RADIO BROADCASTS & FROM COMMERCIAL RECORDS WAS POPULAR PASTIME IN 1970S. - Function
-
RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR USE WITH 8-TRACK CASSETTE AUDIO RECORDER-PLAYER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 8-TRACK AUDIO CARTRIDGE. 8-TRACK WAS BASED ON CONTINUOUS LOOP CARTRIDGE SYSTEM DEV'D IN 1950S & IMPROVED BY W.P. LEAR IN 1984. IT SUFFERED FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS & BECAUSE IT HADBEEN DESIGNED FOR AUTOMOBILE PLAYBACK IN MOVING VEHICLE, COULD NOT FAST-FORWARD, REWIND, ERASE OR EDIT EASILY. IT WAS NOT POPULAR AS HOME RECORDING MEDIUM & BY EARLY 1980S HAD BEEN LARGELY DISPLACED BY 1/4 INCH COMPACT CASSETTE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 RAISED LETTERING READING "MFG'D UNDER LICENSE FROM/ LEAR JET STEREO INC./ BY HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD.-TORONTO/ PATD. 1972-70 CANADA"/.1 RED & BLACK "BASF" LOGO & HANDWRITTEN "AIR FARCE"/.2 WHITE & SILVER LETTERING READING "CYCLES/ 375 ft.pi./ 114.3M/ 80/ 80 Minute/ 8 Track Recording Tape/ Cartouche Ruban Magnetique/ AudioMagnetics/ Rexdale, Ontario M9W 5M9"; HANDWRITTEN IN SCRIPT "Tribute to Elvis/ Thursday/5/1/78"
- Missing
- COVERS
- Finish
- BROWN TAPE/ BLACK CARTRIDGE/.1 WHITE LABEL/.2 BLACK & WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD., Tape, audio, circa 1975, Artifact no. 2001.0271, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0271.001/
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