I get these photos of tape recorders, mostly reel-to-reel, in my Facebook feed. But this second one uses the turntable of a record player as the capstan to pull the tape across the head. It’s likely that this is playback only – I see no erase head.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1111971103851208/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
