Card organiser — Dial-a-Card, c1965
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c1965
Card organiser in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number W.36-2016), dated c1965, attributed to Roy Erikson, Robert L. Kuenzel. The museum's brief description reads: Los Alomos Dial-a-Card Rolodex, designed c.1965. Plastic, metal, and rubber. Museum description: A card holder system containing business cards. The design consists of a metal base which houses the punch plate mechanism and a rotary mechanism which is made of plastic. The rotary mechanism is partially encased in a hollow plastic half-cylinder, which protects the cards from the back side, leaving the cards exposed and legible from the front side. The card holder is stamped 'patent pending' on the bottom. The museum records it as A metal base with plastic casing and four rubber feet., measuring Height 22 cm; Width 15.2 cm; Depth 17 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Plastic, Metal, Rubber, paper
- Dimensions
- Height 22 cm; Width 15.2 cm; Depth 17 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- A metal base with plastic casing and four rubber feet.
- Maker recorded
- Roy Erikson, Robert L. Kuenzel
Identification
- Museum object name
- Card organiser
- Museum object number
- W.36-2016
- Museum system number
- O1359480
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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