Accession Number: 1992.9
Description: (.1) Mark 1 talking book reproducer; wooden case, oak faced plywood, orange finish, hinged lid, carrying handle on side; speaker grill, volume knob, and headphone jack on front of case; gold-enameled aluminum deck on top, on-off switch on left, drive gear in middle above two pins that engage corresponding holes in cassette, and below two black rubber brackets that guide placement of cassette; weight approx. 25 lbs; (.2) roughly pentagonal gold aluminum cassette with rounded top, taped with paper label, "Dead Men Don't Ski, by Patricia Moyes.
Height: 9.646
Width: 13.386
Depth: 14.37
Date Made: ca. 1965
Maker: Clarke and Smith
Place of Origin: Great Britain
Credit Line: APH Collection, 1992.9
Subjects: Assistive technology Reading devices for the disabled. Talking books. Tape players.
Dimension Notes: 24.5 x 34 x 36.5 cm.
Made: Clarke and Smith
Material: Wood
Updated: 08/30/2012