megaphone
Date1900-1930
Inventory NumberWJ0157
ClassificationMegaphone
Subject
Maker
American
Cultural Region
Dimensions13.5 × 13.5 × 25.1 cm (5 5/16 × 5 5/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionWhat appears to be a piece of bakelite (or plastic?) has been shaped into a cone and is held together by gilded rivets. A circular piece of metal with tightening is at the smaller end of the megaphone and was used as a mouthpiece. It was used to amplify the sound of a human voice.
Signedunsigned
Samuel Thaxter & Son
Date: 1825-1843
Object number: DW0519
German
Date: circa 1955
Accessories: cardboard box, one end-flap broken
Object number: RS0100a,b
Thomas Hall
Date: circa 1890
Accessories: pulley rope
Object number: 1997-1-1423
Stephen F. Grohe
Date: circa 1973
Accessories: gilt frame; magazine clipping taped to back
Object number: 1998-1-1293
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0368
Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University
Date: 1941-1946
Object number: 1997-1-0839
Central Scientific Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: 2 Leyden condensers made of Pyrex
One rubber **gutta percha?** pulley, rotted.
Object number: 1997-1-0634
Central Scientific Company
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: 4 glass discs with holes, 3 broken pieces of an electrostatic plate; 2 halves of an older electrostatic plate; 4 large broken glass pieces
Object number: 1997-1-0695