ANTIQUE "THE DICTAPHONE" MODEL 7 TYPE A "DICTATING" MACHINE AS SEEN IN 1914 AD

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This is obviously an unworking ANTIQUE Dictaphone, more than 107 years old according to the EARLY OFFICE MUSEUM, which on its .com website caries two advertising photos from 1914. Dictaphone Dictating Machine, Model 7 Type A, Columbia Phonograph Co., New York, NYAdvertised 1914 by the Dictaphone Corp. in New York, NY
THERE IS NO POWERN CORD TO THE MOTOR, SO IT IS UNTESTED.
THE TYPE "N" MOTOR IS MADE FOR EITHER AC OR DC CURRENT.
MISSING PARTS INCKUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE COVER, THE VOICE TUBE, WAX TUPE HOLDERS AND TOP NAME PLATE.
AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOS, THE INSIDE OF THE MOTOR/FAN HOUSING IS CLEAN AND LOOKS INTACT.
THE STEEL CABINENT IS COATED WITH LIGHT RUST, BUT SOMEHOW THE METAL SKELETON OF THE HEADBAND SURVIVED AND IS WITH THE MACHINE.
THE MOTOR PLATE SAYS THE MOTO IS MADE BY THE COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHOHONE MFG. COMPANY OF BRIDGEPORT, CONN. SERIAL NO. 94157.
A TOP NAME PLATE SAYS IT IS "THE DICTAPHONE" TRANSCRIBING MACHINE BY THEC DICTAPHONE CORPORATION OF BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Buyer pays shipping on a 20x19x38 carton that weighs 46 lbs. The seller suggest economical shipping.