Black wireless microphone used on The Oprah Winfrey Show
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Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Vega Electronics Corporation, American
- Used by
- Oprah Winfrey, American, born 1954
- Subject of
- Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
- Description
- A black wireless handheld microphone used by Oprah Winfrey on the The Oprah Winfrey Show. The microphone has a cylindrical handle ending in a blunt edge at the bottom, with the metal grill at the top covered in a black foam windscreen. A band of black adhesive tape is attached around the microphone where the windscreen meets the metal handle. A panel near the bottom of the handle opens with a flat screw. On the flat bottom of the handle are two (2) black plastic toggle switches. The switch on the left is labeled with an "M" and the switch on the rights is labeled with a "P".
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- 1986-2011
- Object number
- 2014.324.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- microphones
- Medium
- plastic, metal, wire, and foam
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 5/8 × 2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in. (27 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm)
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Audiovisual
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Entertainers
- Mass media
- Television
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.324.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef450cbf-0799-4531-9d81-45ea3a288457
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