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AllaN01Bear

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8. when mom was teaching kindergarten for glendora ca unified ,

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Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:36 AM

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the district introduced tape recorders to the classroom. the csassette tapes were a lot easier for the kids to handle than say records or other media.

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What was your first tape recorder? [View all] Archae Tuesday OP

1962 Sears 5 inch reel to reel. $50 Sneederbunk Wednesday #1

Christmas 1968. A little Panasonic cassette deck. rsdsharp Wednesday #2

I had a small reel-to-reel tape recorder LogDog75 Wednesday #3

Me too! some_of_us_are_sane Wednesday #9

Realistic CTR-11 my dad bought. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #4

Yes!!!! My birthday gift around 1970 from my dad! LSparkle Wednesday #5

Yeah, hours of entertainment for me and my brother, making silly/stupid recordings. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #6

i played with my moms portable that she used for dictation and got a full size radio shack boom box. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #7

when mom was teaching kindergarten for glendora ca unified , AllaN01Bear Wednesday #8

I don't remember the brand, ... surrealAmerican Wednesday #10

My grandfather gave me and my siblings his old "portable" tape recorder... hunter Wednesday #11

Fun! We cousins used to borrow our uncle's 3 inch reel to reel to make up stories we'd pass it around or play ... electric_blue68 Wednesday #12

A VERY Early Akai ProfessorGAC Thursday #13

Back in the early 60's dad had a reel to reel that Emile Thursday #14