Cassette, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0405.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.3 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS CASSETTE PLAYER & TAPES USED C. 1960-1980.
- Canada
-
CASSETTE PLAYER AND TAPES DESIGNED FOR USE BY PEOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND (CNIB) HAS DISTRIBUTED 'TALKING BOOKS' AND PLAYERS TO CANADIANS FREE OF CHARGE SINCE C. 1918. (REF. 2) - Function
-
TO REPRODUCE SPOKEN WORD IN AUDIBLE FORM. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF CASSETT PLAYER ADAPTED TO NEEDS OF A PERSON WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. PLAYER DESIGN AND OPERATION HAVE BEEN SIMPLIFIED, AND CONTRASTING COLOURS USED TO ASSIST OPERATOR IN LOCATING CONTROLS, ETC. .4 MAILING ENVELOPE USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE CASSETTES VIA POST: MAILING LABEL HAS CLIENT ADDRESS RECORDED ON ONE SIDE; WHEN READY TO RETURN TAPE TO CNIB LIBRARY, CLIENT SIMPLY REVERSED MAILING LABEL WHICH BEARS PRE-PRINTED ADDRESS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CSI" stamped into both sides of cassette casing. White label fixed to one side of casing reads "2606-6 6 tracks./ A SURGEON'S WORLD./ William Nolen./ CNIB TALKING BOOK LIBRARY/ BAYVIEW AVE., TORONTO" . "C.N.I.B." handwritten in blue ink on label. Red dymo tape label applied to one end of casing reads "2606".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREEN MOULDED SYNTHETIC CASING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cassette, tape, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0405, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0405.002/
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