[NJARC] Looking for vintage microphone for display in City of New York Museum

[Dave Sica]

On Tue, 1 May 2007 14:32:13 -0500 "VOURTSIS, PHIL, ATTSI"
<pv0301 at att.com> writes:
>    The City of New York Museum is putting on a display about 
> Baseball- 1947 to 1957 on June 22. It will run through the end of the
year. 
> They have asked NJARC whether we could provide a vintage microphone
that
> would have been used between 1947 and 1957 by the baseball 
> announcers.


Phil,

I have a Shure Model 51 which was used for PA applications. I wouldn't
know if it was used by baseball announcers. Also, I think it was
introduced in 1949 and if so it could not have been used in '47 or '48.

--Dave

(Speaking into the microphone he says: "Paging Bill Zukowski...")