Image:Dictaphone operator.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikimedia Commons logo This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

[edit] Summary

Description

Transcribing dictation from a Dictaphone wax cylinder dictation machine, from the 1920s. The dictation machine is in the foreground. The typist is wearing 'stethoscope' type earphones attached to the machine. Her foot is on a pedal which starts and stops the playback. The white objects under the machine are more wax cylinders. The source text says a speedy dictaphone transcriber could earn $1.00 to $1.25 per hour, much higher than ordinary typists and stenographers. Alterations: removed caption, increased brightness.

Source

Downloaded 2008-1-12 from Clarence Charles Smith (1922) The Expert Typist, MacMillan Co., New York, USA, p.127, fig.42 on Google Books. The photo is credited (p.122) to the Columbia Phonograph Co.

Date

1922

Author

Columbia Phonograph Co.

Permission
(Reusing this image)

Public domain - published in USA before 1923.


[edit] Licensing

This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923. See this page for further explanation.

Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Gaeilge | Galego | Italiano | Nederlands | ‪中文(简体)‬ | +/-

This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States (this especially applies in Canada, China (not Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan Area), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland). The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current14:15, 12 January 2008722×1,035 (186 KB)Chetvorno ({{Information |Description=Transcribing dictation from a Dictaphone wax cylinder dictation machine, from the 1920s. The dictation machine is in the foreground. The typist has 'stethoscope' type earphones on attached to the machine. Her left foot is on )
The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed):