Phonograph

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

1993.340 A&B

1993.340 A&B

Name/Title

Phonograph

Entry/Object ID

1993.340A-C

Description

(A) Oak case with wood grip, bail (?) handle. Painted black letters on "gold" with "silver" edging. Base (B) has steel and rubber sound mechanism screwed on it. Light brown wax cylinder in place. Horn (C) black painted tinned iron with small brass collar with lock fits onto sound mechanism. Label reads, "Columbia Phonograph Co./1155, 1157 & 1158 Broadway, NY, NY./The Graphophone/PAT. March 20, 1897."

Made/Created

Artist

Columbia Phonograph Co.

Date made

1897

Place

* Untyped Place

USA- NY

Notes

Creation Date: 1897

Dimensions

Width

11-3/4 in

Depth

7-1/4 in

Length

11 in

Diameter

4-1/4 in

Material

oak, steel, wax

Provenance

Notes

1993.341 The box of wax cylinders which fit onto this machine.