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  1. Ampex 8-track Stereo Tape of Judy Garland's 16 Greatest Hits - Tape, Eight-Track

    Ampex 8-track Stereo Tape of Judy Garland's 16 Greatest Hits, c.1970s. Plastic Ampex 8 track stereo cassette tape in a rectangular format, front cover featuring a photographic color portrait of a young Judy Garland in a blue top and the text "8-Track Stereo Tape" at top, followed by "Judy Garland's / 16 Greatest Hits". Wrapped in original cellophane packaging.

    Record Type: Object

    Ampex 8-track Stereo Tape of Judy Garland's 16 Greatest Hits, c.1970s
  2. Ampex Audio Cassette, The Grass Roots Their 16 Greatest Hits Album - Audiocassette

    The Grass Roots Their 16 Greatest Hits Album, 1971-1976. Ampex audio cassette in rectangular format featuring color photograph of the Grass Roots musicians on cover with a listing of their greatest hits. Includes cassette (.001) and plastic cover (.002).

    Record Type: Object

    The Grass Roots Their 16 Greatest Hits Album, 1971-1976
  3. Ampex Demonstration Tape Reel and Box - Tape, Magnetic

    Ampex Demonstration Tape Reel and Box, c. 1970s. Ampex tape reel (.001) and box (.002) features reel box in square format with white paper label on front showing illustration of a right human ear and the text, "Get an / Earful / Ampex is the Most!! / The Most in Quality / The Most in Selection..." printed in brown and black inks.

    Record Type: Object

    Ampex Demonstration Tape Reel and Box, c. 1970s
  4. Ampex Micro 87R Compact Modular Stereo Music Center - Recorder, Audio Tape

    Ampex Micro 87R Compact Modular Stereo Music Center, 1971. Ampex Micro 87 cassette 4-track, stereo recorder and player in rectangular walnut wood case with reflective plastic black panel and a power cord. Logo stamped in white and red pigment on front at lower right corner, "Ampex / Micro87." The Ampex Micro 87R features a stereo cassette tape player/recorder, FM Stereo, FM or AM tuner and a stereo control center with 50 watts of peak music pow...

    Record Type: Object

    Ampex Micro 87 Cassette Tape Player and Recorder, 1971
  5. Ampex Recording Tape 541 - Tape, Audio Reel

    Ampex Recording Tape 541, c. 1970s. Ampex recording tape features a transparent, hinged plastic case in a square format enclosing a paper cover printed in a repeated pattern of dark blue-and-hot pink diagonal stripes, superimposed with text in white ink, "AMPEX / recording / tape / 541" at top left corner and "Mylar by Du Pont" at bottom left corner.

    Record Type: Object

    Ampex Recording Tape 541, c. 1970s
  6. Electronic Recording Equipment at Ampex in Redwood City, 1960 - Negative

    Electronic Recording Equipment at Ampex in Redwood City, 1960. Black and white negative of an engineer working with electronic recording equipment at Ampex Corporation in Redwood City, California. The worker stands in front of a large panel of electronics equipment that has wires, circuits, cables, gauges, switches, and other mechanical parts. There is a panel next to the wires and circuits listing the functions of the circuits with arrows pointi...

    Record Type: Photo

    Electronic Recording Equipment at Ampex in Redwood City, 1960
  7. Energizer Battery for SMCSO Pager - Battery, Dry-Cell

    San Mateo County Sheriff's Office pager battery, c. 1960. 30 volt Eveready Battery is rectangular-shaped metal with rounded corners. Body of battery is wrapped in red-colored plastic label bearing the Eveready logo highlighted in blue. Seven horizontal white stripes run across the label on both front and back of battery. Thicker band of white runs across the top and bottom edge of battery. Top surface of battery is red; bottom surface is b...

    Record Type: Object

    Energizer Battery for SMCSO Pager
  8. Pulses and Currents - Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park

    Five issues of a quarterly Raychem Corporation newsletter titled "Pulses and Currents: The Electronics Group Newsletter." Unknown publication run. Issues in the collection date from 1987-1989. 1st Issue, 1987 Fall '87 Winter '88 Summer '89 "Special Edition" - c. 1987-1988

    Record Type: Library

    Pulses and Currents: The Electronics Group Newsletter, 1987-1989
  9. Raw Silicon - Silicon

    Raw Silicon. One of four chunks of raw silicon; shiny gray-colored and irregularly shaped.

    Record Type: Object

    Raw Silicon
  10. Raw Silicon, c.1968-2003 - Silicon

    Raw Silicon, c.1968-2003. Four chunks of manufactured and purified raw siliconslightly; each shiny gray-colored and irregularly shaped, measuring approximately 6" in diameter.

    Record Type: Object

    Raw Silicon, c.1968-2003
  11. Raychem Batcheck Battery Tester, c. 1957-1999 - Tester, Battery

    Raychem Batcheck Battery Tester, c. 1957-1999. Rectangular sheet of clear plastic. Images and lettering are printed in black, red and green ink. Towards the top of the sheet is a multicolored band. The band starts with a green rectangle on the left side. Then to the right are three vertical red lines. Center is a wider red rectangle. Three more vertical red lines are to the right of the red rectangle and a green rectangle is to the right of that....

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Batcheck Battery Tester
  12. Raychem Colored Wire Cables, c. 1957-1999 - Cable, Electric

    Raychem Colored Wire Cables, c. 1957-1999. Wire cable (A) has black, white and gray plastic coating on the copper wires. Coated wires are attached together on one side with a clear plastic coating. Coated wires alternate between black and white. There are two gray wires, one at the end and one in the middle. Wire cable (B) has red and white plastic coating on the copper wires. Wires are all bound by clear plastic coating on one side. Wires on one...

    Record Type: Object

    Rachem Wire Cable
  13. Raychem Corporation Cable Display, c. 1980s-1990s - Case, Display

    Raychem Corporation Cable Display, c. 1980s-1990s. Black plastic case printed with a red "Raychem" Corporation logo contains two cable display boards showing pieces of partially stripped cable. Each plastic coated white board is discrete and rests on a piece of red foam lining the case. A red "Raychem" logo is printed on both boards in the upper right corner. The upper board is titled in red, "Multicore cable screening systems" and contains five...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation Cable Display, c. 1980s-1990s
  14. Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s - Button, Souvenir

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s. Rectangular black and red enamel pin with gold-colored metal promotes the Raychem Corporation Electronics Division. The front of the pin has a black background with the "Raychem" logo in red and "ELECTRONICS" in gold. A rectangular geometric pattern in gold appears at lower left in line with "electronics". The back is engraved with a repeating pattern that reads, "S.R.E. / (818) 848-...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Division Pin, c. 1980s-1990s
  15. Raychem Corporation Electronics Group Prototypes, c. 1990s - Circuit

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Group Prototypes, c. 1990s. Group of Raychem Corporation CCE prototypes including: Pin Grid Array Packages (PGAP); Chip Carrier Mounting Devices (CCMD); SolderQuick; SolderTerm. (A) PGAP - rectangular grid, medium brown, 2.375" x 2" x 0.125" (B) PGAP - rectangular grid, medium brown, 1.875" x 1.5" x 0.125" (C) PGAP - rectangular grid, light brown, 1.875" x 1.5" x 0.125" (D) PGAP - rectangular grid, medium...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Group Prototypes, c. 1990s
  16. Raychem Corporation Electronics Products Catalog, July 1993 - Archive

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Products Catalog, July 1993. Perfect bound (adhesive) Raychem Corporation product catalog titled, "Raychem Electronics Products Catalog: Inventive Solutions for Electronics." The cover has a black and white photograph of various products and text is printed with red and black ink. "A. Henesian" is handwritten in blue ballpoint pen at top right. "Effective: August 1993" is printed on the spine. The print date at the...

    Record Type: Archive

    Raychem Corporation Electronics Products Catalog, July 1993
  17. Raychem Corporation Interconnect Products Display Case, c. 1980s-1990s - Case, Display

    Raychem Corporation Interconnect Products Display Case, c. 1980s-1990s. Black plastic briefcase contains Raychem Corporation Interconnect Products display boards on each interior side. The displays contain color pictures and product samples attached to silver colored boards. Each display board is protected by a piece of transparent plastic held in place above the board with long screws at each corner. Text at the top of the left-hand display boar...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation Interconnect Products Display Case, c. 1980s-1990s
  18. Raychem Corporation Mini PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s - Device, Overcurrent Circuit Protection

    Raychem Corporation Mini PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s. Pocket-size unit produced by the Raychem Corporation to demonstrate PolySwitch, an overcurrent circuit protection product (resettable fuse). The case of the device is made with an off-white (top) and gray (bottom) piece of plastic that are fastened together on the bottom with four reset screws. Two light bulbs are set into the top of the case at bottom below a red graphic of an arrow, and a...

    Record Type: Object

    ychem Corporation Mini PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s
  19. Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Circuit Protectors Samples Kit, c. 1970s-1990s - Device, Overcurrent Circuit Protection

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Circuit Protectors Samples Kit, c. 1970s-1990s. Yellow plastic case of various PolySwitch PTC devices produced by the Raychem Corporation. PolySwitch devices are overcurrent circuit protection products (resettable fuses). The case (2016.015.002.63.1) has 18 compartments; 8 of the compartments are divided in half with a piece of clear plastic. Contents are described below from left to right. Contents of Kit, Back ...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Circuit Protectors Samples Kit, c. 1970s-199
  20. Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s - Device, Overcurrent Circuit Protection

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s. Original unit produced by the Raychem Corporation to demonstrate PolySwitch, an overcurrent circuit protection product (resettable fuse). The top and bottom of the rectangular case are gray plastic and with off-white plastic front and back panels. The case is fastened on the bottom with two screws. The front of the case has a red graphic of an arrow at right with the text, "Raychem / PolySwitc...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s
  21. Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s-1990s - Device, Overcurrent Circuit Protection

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s-1990s. Demonstration unit produced by the Raychem Corporation for PolySwitch, an overcurrent circuit protection product (resettable fuse). The unit is housed in a black plastic case that opens to reveal a panel of switches. The panel has one on-off switch at upper left and two at upper right. "SHORT CIRCUIT" is printed under the far right switch, and "9Vcc" is printed underneath the left-hand swi...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation PolySwitch Demo Unit, c. 1970s-1990s
  22. Raychem Corporation Pre-Production PolySwitch Devices, c. 1970s - Device, Overcurrent Circuit Protection

    Raychem Corporation Pre-Production PolySwitch Devices, c. 1970s. Set of six pre-production PolySwitch devices produced by the Raychem Corporation. PolySwitch devices are overcurrent circuit protection products (resettable fuses). (A) Silver colored metal device with two straight wires attached to metal mesh on either side of a black rectangular piece of material. Overall size 2.5" x 0.5" x 0.125" (B) Silver colored metal device with two strai...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Corporation Pre-Production PolySwitch Devices, c. 1970s
  23. Raychem TraceCalc, 1998 - Software, Specialty

    Raychem TraceCalc, 1998. Software package in a cardboard box that is shrinkwrapped in clear plastic. The box is printed with a black background that has red and green design elements. Text at top on the front and back of the box reads, "Raychem / TraceCalc / Automated Heat-Tracing Design for Raychem Heat-Tracing Products." An image of a green number '5' appears at center surrounding a green sphere with white longitude and latitude lines. A r...

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem TraceCalc, 1998
  24. SMCSO Telex Pocket Pager and Case - Pager

    San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Telex pocket pager and case, c. 1960. San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Telex pocket pager (A) and case (B). Pocket pager (A) is silver-colored metal (steel?), rectangular in shape with rounded corners. There is a horizontal hinge halfway down on the front side, allowing the bottom portion to lift open so that a battery can be placed inside. Interior is beige-colored Bakelite plastic and has makers mark print...

    Record Type: Object

    SMCSO Telex Pocket Pager and Case
  25. SMCSO Transvox Pocket Pager Set - Pager

    San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Transvox pocket pager set, c. 1950 to 1970. Set includes a metal pager (A), a triangular-shaped speaker (B), a cord to connect the two (C), a warranty card (D) and a case (E). Metal pager (A) is rectangular in shape with rounded corners, a hinge at the bottom, a plug outlet at the top right, a plastic dial on the top left and a wire metal clip on back. On front is inscribed, "Transvox / POCKET PAGER." Speake...

    Record Type: Object

    SMCSO Transvox Pocket Pager Set

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