Bakelite Phonograph Record: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bakelite Phonograph Record: Date made: ca. 1909. maker: Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company. Object Name: Bakelite Phonograph Record.
The object in the museum catalogue
Bakelite phonograph record with an inscription on one side that reads: "THE HARPER-COLUMBIA / Book That Sings / LITTLE BO-PEEP / MADE BY COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY." That on the other side reads “MADE UNDER ONE OR MORE / OF THE FOLLOWING / U.S LETTERS PATENT: / DEC. 10 1901. NOV 25 1902 JAN 2 1906 / FEB 11 1908 / AUG 11 1908. NOV 30 1909 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING / MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: ca. 1909
- maker: Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company
- Object Name: Bakelite Phonograph Record
- Measurements: overall: 14 cm; x 5 1/2 in
- Measurements: overall: 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number: 1983.0626.26
- catalog number: 1983.0626.26
- accession number: 1983.0626
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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