#objectoftheweek — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #objectoftheweek, aggregated by home.social.
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During his captivity in Changi gaol Private Mark Flew formed a friendship with a Dutch prisoner. The two men created two identical rings from an opal the Dutch prisoner had, to ensure the two friends would recognise each other should they met again in the future. #objectoftheweek #Opal #Changi #WWII
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is also a #NewAcquisition: How To Give Yourself A Stereo Check-Out by Decca Records (1967).
This 12” LP was not only a standard test record of the time, but is also a mini crash course in important audio concepts like wow & flutter, Sound coloration, channel phasing and more.
#LPRecords #stereo #records #VinylRecords #WowAndFlutter #ChannelPhasing #SoundColoration #decca #DeccaRecords #TestRecord #CultureOfSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound
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Just arrived here at Museum of Portable Sound Laboratories: a specially designed archival box to store our newly-acquired Edison Gold-Moulded 'Black Wax' Cylinder (see this week's #ObjectOfTheWeek post), courtesy an anonymous donor! We're extremely grateful for this bit of kit. 🙏 🎁 😍
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek: Unopened Maxell Original UR IEC Type I Normal Bias Compact Cassette (date unknown; presumed 1990s). Detail images courtesy Museum of Portable Sound Archives.
#Maxell #CompactCassette #CassetteTape #NormalBias #MagneticTape #Cassettes #Archives #MuseumOfPortableSound #ItsOkayToBeNormal
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is also a #NewAcquisition for our #ResearchLibrary! On Recording: A Manifesto, by musician, producer, studio co-owner, and thinker Chris Schlarb is a beautiful 50-page philosophical treatise on the art of recording that’s focused on intent instead of gear. He & his wife Adriana opened Big Ego Studios n Long Beach, California in 2015 (the same year we opened our museum), but Chris has spent a lifetime absorbing recording knowledge.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is a #NewAcquisition: The 2nd MP3 Player in the World, the Diamond Rio PMP300 (Sept 1998, after S.Korea’s MPMan in March) – the 1st commercially successful MP3 player.
The Rio provoked the 1st RIAA lawsuit trying to kill MP3s (they lost bc their suit was based on the misunderstanding that the Rio was a recording device).
Even after 25 years, our Rio still plays the (terrible) files on its built-in 32MB storage.
#diamondrio #pmp300 #mp3player #mp3 #90s #portablesound -
Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is our first #NewAcquisition of 2023: an IBM 224 ‘Executary’ Dictation Unit (1965) in a leather carrying case, for allegedly smart white men to record their thoughts on the go - onto large ‘dictabelts’- for their women secretaries to listen to & type up. (1/2)
#dictation #VoiceRecorder #1960s #dictabelt #IBM #BusinessMarket
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#objectoftheweek William Ratcliffe captured this scene depicting the construction of a defensive shelter building on land between houses. Dating to around 1938 or 1939 this part finished work shows how ordinary residential streets in #Letchworth or #Baldock prepared for #war.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is a Creative Zen Micro (2004), a 5GB hard drive- based portable audio player that also features a built-in FM radio tuner/recorder, voice recorder & microphone. Donated by @msmarypoppers.
#MP3Player #mp3 #creative #CreativeZen #CreativeZenMicro #MuseumObject #PortableSound #MuseumOfPortableSound
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#objectoftheweek this wonderful fire pump stands in the museum window on Brand Street. Dating to about 1890 the pump was found in the early 70's by #Hitchin Fire Station Fire Officer Alan Patmore. Local fire engine expert Derek Wheeler MBE restored this pump in Alan's memory. #museum
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#objectoftheweek in 2020 we acquired a large number of works by the Haggo family. Based in #Letchworth the Haggo's painted scenes from all around our district, giving us an amazing record of how things used to be. This one, painted by Margaret Haggo in 2002 is very close to home in #hitchin! On the back the very modest Margaret wrote "My sister (Christina) painted a similar view on the same day. It was much better and she sold it".
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#objectoftheweek A top Christmas present of years gone by, who else owned a Spirograph? The Spirograph has an enduring appeal and is still a popular option for Christmas, decades on from its invention. These days you can also get variations such as travel sized Spirograph, Spirograph Junior and Spirograph Animator with light effects.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek: Ever Ready Batrymax B114 (1947), 1,5 & 69 volt. Used for powering portable radios, these batteries had to be wire-connected by the user in radios like the Marconiphone P17B.
#EverReady #EverReadyBattery #Batrymax #radio #PortableSound #SoundBeyondMusic #MuseumOfPortableSound #batteries #battery #power #voltage #1940s #1950s
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This file box contains over 100 names of former #forcedlabourers at Ambi-Budd. Their origin, family, profession and current work are documented in the staff cards. For us, a small and touching insight into the life and organisation of the forced labourers. #ObjectOfTheWeek
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Unser #ObjektDerWoche ist dieses Mal eine der vielen Notizen von italienischen Militärinternierten im Luftschutzkeller unserer #Baracke13.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek this time is one of the many notes from Italian military internees in the air-raid shelter of our Barrack 13. -
Unser #ObjektDerWoche ist dieser #Pharusplan für #Berlin von Karel Jakeš. Der Plan zeriss bei einem Luftangriff auf Berlin.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this map for Berlin by Karel Jakeš. The plan tore apart during an air raid on Berlin. -
Das #ObjektDerWoche ist dieses Knappschafts-Zugangsbuch, das den Einsatz Italienischer Militärinternierter in #Recklinghausen belegt.
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The #ObjectOfTheWeek is this Miners' association book, which proves the deployment of Italian military internees at the #Blumenthal colliery. -
Our #ObjectOfTheWeek ist this belt of Armando Tarozzi made from electrical wires of the #V1 flying bomb from 1943/45.
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Unser #ObjektderWoche ist dieser Gürtel von Armando Tarozzi aus Drähten der #V1 Flugbombe aus den Jahren 1943/45. -
Das #ObjektDerWoche ist dieser #Argus Motor 10c, um 1944, eine Leihgabe des @[email protected]. Bei uns symbolisiert er die #Zwangsarbeit in der Rüstung.
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The #ObjectOfTheWeek is this Argus engine 10c, ca 1944, on loan from the @[email protected]. At us it symbolizes the #forcedlabor in armament. -
Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this calendar from our exhibition on Italian military internees ( #IMI). In it, the lawyer and captain Mario Zipoli wrote down his experiences during his capture in France and in the German prisoner-of-war camps.
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Hinter dieser Arrestzellentür der Fritz-Werner-AG wurden #Zwangsarbeitende bei Regelverstößen eingesperrt.
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Behind this detention cell door of the Fritz Werner AG, #forced labourers were locked up for breaking the rules. #ObjektDerWoche #ObjectOfTheWeek -
Unser #ObjektDerWoche ist der Essgeschirrdeckel von Adrea Talmon. Er hatte „Liebe Mutter, ich werde zurückkommen“ in ihn geritzt.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is the eating utensil lid by the italien military internee Adrea Talmon. He had "Dear mother, I will be back" carved into it. -
Unser #ObjektDerWoche ist diese Kürette, das in unserer Ausstellung für die Abtreibungen, zu denen Zwangsarbeiterinnen gezwungen wurden, steht.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this curette, which in our exhibition stands for the abortions that forced labourers were forced to have. -
Unser #ObjektDerWoche ist diese Postkarte aus #Berlin #Schöneweide. Rechts wird später das #Zwangslager, heute unser Museum, errichtet. Das Haus steht noch.
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Our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this postcard from #Berlin. On the right, the #forcedcamp, now our museum, will be built later.