MOTAT oral history interview with Ken Austen

Object detail

Accession number

12-1642

Maker

Kenneth Austen
Megan Hutching

Description

Oral history interview with Ken Austen covering his involvement with Answer Services, a telephone answering service business. Interview also covers his time as a travelling salesman for Cantwell Clothing of Christchurch, the role of the New Zealand Post Office in the telephone answering business, and information about [Arthur] Sheffield answer machines.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

1 sound disc (ca. 59 minutes) : digital

Credit line

Kenneth Austen et al. 01 Mar 2012. MOTAT oral history interview with Ken Austen, 12-1642. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Disk, Optical Videodisc, Digital Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Media

Production place

Epsom Auckland City Auckland District Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Interviews Austen, Kenneth Anecdotes Women's clothing Anecdotes Sales Anecdotes Telephone answering and recording apparatus Anecdotes New Zealand National Airways Corporation Sound recording and reproducing

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Peripheral Ear Body jewelry Audio equipment Eyewear Earrings Jewellery Gadget Art Headpiece

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