| Date |
1962 |
| Description |
Black acetate master. Hand-scribed number on disc: 50452. |
| Made |
American Printing House for the Blind |
| Material |
Plastic |
| Object ID |
1992.128.1 |
| Object Name |
Master, Phonograph Record |
| Place of Origin |
Louisville, KY |
| Provenance/History |
The American Printing House for the Blind made this acetate master to produce the talking book "Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper."
A Scully recording lathe was used to cut grooves in acetate masters, which were then coated with silver and electropated with nickel on the silver side to form a metal stamper. After the acetates were peeled away, the nickel-plated stampers were ready to be placed in a record press for producing rigid vinyl sound recordings. |
| Search Terms |
Manufacturing aids, tools, and supplies |
| Subjects |
Sound equipment & supplies
Sound recording and reproducing
Talking books |
| Title |
Acetate master for a talking book record |
| Used |
Talking books production |
