Recording tape

Titles: Recording tape (Supplied title)

Description: Box and reel of Scotch brand sound recording tape. A.) Paperboard box consists of box and lid. Lid is colored in white, black and red and with the Scotch tartan, with an illustration of a tape reel. Top of lid features the text "SCOTCH/BRAND/Sound Recording/TAPE" and includes 3M logo below this text. Box is colored with the Scotch tartan and includes lines for an index of the tape's content. B.) Plastic reel contains 1200 feet of plastic-backed 1/4" magnetic recording tape. According to hand-written index, tape contains Glenn Miller recordings.

Dates

• Exactly 1948 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
• about: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Scotch Brand

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2009.36.2.A,B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 7 1/2 inches length (2009.36.2.A, box)
• 7 1/4 inches width (2009.36.2.A, box)
• 1/2 inches depth (2009.36.2.A, box)
• 7 inches diameter (2009.36.2.B, reel)
• 1200 feet length (2009.36.2.B, tape)
• 1/4 inches width (2009.36.2.B, tape)

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