{"product_id":"dictograph-masterstation","title":"Dictograph Masterstation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: David; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe Masterstation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: David; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e iHorn is made from an early Dictograph telephone masterstation in a wooden case, together with a vintage fox hunting horn.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe placard inside stated if was protected by patents dated 1907, 1909, 1912 and 1913.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThus, the probable date of manufacture was 1914-1915.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDictograph was formed in 1902 producing the first room surveillance eavesdropping device.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt was an international corporation, with offices in United States, Europe, and the Orient.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIts most famous product was the “Detective Dictograph Audio Amplifier.”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis police eavesdropping device was used to convict Ohio state senator Rodney J. Diegle of bribery in 1911; U.S. Senator William Lorimer of Illinois for suborning perjury in 1912; and to indict Albert and Louis Bimberg of White Plains, N.Y., for trying to hire an employee to burn the American Oilcloth Co. plant in Trenton, N.J. in 1914.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDictograph Products was a big player in telephone equipment, although it received push back because of the hard wiring requirements not present in other interoffice communication systems.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Masterstation\u003c\/u\u003e is small and stately.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is a piece of Americana which reflects ingenuity, beauty and grace.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIts appearance and sound are symphonic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iHorns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42516904280135,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/9462\/9447\/files\/MS1.jpg?v=1770860429","url":"https:\/\/shopihorns.com\/products\/dictograph-masterstation","provider":"iHorns","version":"1.0","type":"link"}