Name/Title
Chamber of Commerce Sound Scriber Machine recording disks, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
1982.12.3Description
Acc. No. 82.12.3
Subject Category: Chamber of Commerce
Date or period: Circa 1930’s
Object: Recording Discs
Description: Soft cardboard box containing 48 seven inch plastic discs (aqua colored). Manufactured by the Sound Scriber Corp, New Haven, Conn., to be used on the Sound Scriber machine. Box cover contains line drawing of machine and its use. White printed message on green background.
Size: 7x7 inches, ½ inches thick,
History of Object: Early recording device discs used on the Sound Scriber recording machine, found while moving the contents of the Chamber of Commerce from their building in the 21,00 block of Santa Clara Avenue to the basement of the Alameda City Hall. It is said to have been used by the Chamber of Commerce, which was founded in 1927.
Acquired from: Alameda Chamber of Commerce
City Hall, Alameda, Calif
Date: April 24, 1982