Phonograph Record: Museum Object and Cultural History
Phonograph Record: Date made: 1910. Object Name: Phonograph Record. Measurements: overall: 14 cm; x 5 1/2 in.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Columbia Record Co., the second major company to produce phonograph records, was established in 1889. It started selling disc records in 1901, and celluloid discs a few years later. This phenolic plastic disc with a paper “COLUMBIA” label dates from around 1910.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1910
- Object Name: Phonograph Record
- Measurements: overall: 14 cm; x 5 1/2 in
- Measurements: overall: 1/16 in x 5 7/16 in; .15875 cm x 13.81125 cm
- ID Number: 1983.0538.15
- catalog number: 1983.0538.15
- accession number: 1983.0538
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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