{"product_id":"motor-dictograph-4","title":"Motor Dictograph","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: David;\"\u003eThe Motor Dictograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Californian FB',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: David;\"\u003e iHorn is made from a 1917 Dictograph Motor Speaker.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn fact, it was a communication device installed in the then chauffeured vehicle permitting the elite passengers to speak with the driver.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe \"Motor Dictograph\" is a system for closed-cabin driver\/passenger communication and was first displayed in the 1917 Salon and Shows.\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;\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eU.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\u003eThe Motor Dictograph blended telephone technology with automobile application, moving Dictograph into two of the technologies which drove American expansion.\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":42516903559239,"sku":null,"price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/9462\/9447\/files\/MD1_a380b8d2-2a72-4829-9877-d167d3bb270f.jpg?v=1770860270","url":"https:\/\/shopihorns.com\/products\/motor-dictograph-4","provider":"iHorns","version":"1.0","type":"link"}