Ampex Recording Equipment Installation, Fall 1965

About This Item

A bank of professional Ampex Corporation reel-to-reel recording equipment and patch panels used in connection with the Frederic Burk School television education program in Fall 1965. Recording controls, monitoring meters, telephone-style handsets, and patch connections are visible throughout the installation.

Identifier
TP-ATA-2449
Context

This photograph is part of the Frederic Burk Student TV Classes, Fall 1965 series. The Ampex equipment shown here was representative of the professional recording technology used by educational broadcasters, radio stations, and television facilities during the 1960s. Related photographs in the series show students operating the equipment as part of media-production activities.

This image reveals a few things not as obvious in the earlier photograph:

  • Multiple equipment racks appear to be connected together as a complete recording system.
  • The numerous patch panels suggest the room could route audio signals between different devices.
  • The telephone-style handsets hanging on the racks may have been used for monitoring, communication, or cueing.
  • The installation looks much more like a broadcast or production facility than a simple classroom.

 

Credits: Some descriptions were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.

Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Temporal Coverage
1960s
Type
Still Image
Format
Negative
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
Rights
Public
Views
51

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