Tape recorder
I got a kick out of Hammer's tape recorder/answering machine. Something like that I guess existed in 1955 but it would have been really, really rare. Answering machines didn't emerge until sometime in the mid to late 70's if memory serves. Before then, people had an answering service. Hammer didn't strike me as a cutting edge guy and not particularly wealthy either. I guess the point was to stress that confidentiality was paramount to Hammer given his sleazy business.
share