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Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Gertrude McCurdy Hubbard, January 22, 1878

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High class phonograph entertainments

Photograph shows man, holding cylinder, posed with Edison machine and a case of cylinders.

Agreement, January 12, 1886 Alexander Graham Bell collection

Agreement, January 12, 1886 - Public domain document scan

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, January 22, 1888

Directions for motor gramophone, type b

Copy 1. Title taken from heading of page. Pamphlet giving directions on how to operate the Motor Gramophone, Type B.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - "Mr. Welch, National Phonograph Co."

Reading into dictaphone. #1232. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Letter from Columbia Phonograph Company to Alexander Graham Bell, April 25, 1891

Edison's phonograph, Experimental Dept., Orange, N.J.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by W. K. Dickson, 1892.

[Thomas A. Edison, W.K.L. Dickson, and others at the "perfected" wax-recording phonograph]

Portrait shows Edison seated in center. with Fred Ott at left and Col. George Gouraud at right. Standing (left to right) are W.K.L. Dickson, Charles Batchelor, A. Theodore Wangemann, John Ott, and Charles Brown More

Gramophone : No. 534,543, patented 1895 Feb. 19 photocopy

1 page photocopy of a diagram from patent No. 534,543. Witnesses listed as: Percy C ? Bowen and F. J. ? Chapman, Joseph Lyons, Attorney. 1 page photocopy of diagram on page 3 of a four page patent. "4 Sheets--Sheet 3."

[Man, two women and two children listening to phonograph--Girl is holding doll and another doll is under Christmas tree--There is a sign on the wall, The Edison Home Phonograph, and a portrait of Edison]

Copyright by T.A. Edison. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Advertisement for the Zon-o-phone from Munsey's Magazine, 1898 October

Date handwritten, possibly on original. Photocopy of advertisement in Munsey's Magazine for the National Gram-o-phone's Zon-o-phone.

Caruso with phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caruso with phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caruso with phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Letter from Bevan Lawson to Volta Laboratory, undated

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Man near phonograph] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photocopy of Zon-o-Phone advertisement

Photocopy of advertisement for Zon-o-phone talking machine from National Gram-o-phone Corporation.

Text of a phonograph record made on January 24, 1904. by William II German emperor Harvard record. Copyright by E. W. Scripture 1905.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of broadside, free to use, no copyright restrictions image

Text of a phonograph record made on January 24, 1904. by William II German emperor Washington record. Copyright by E. W. Scripture 1905.

This record was made by William II, German Emperor, at the request of Prof. E. W. Scripture. His Majesty intended the record for preservation in the National Museum and the Congressional Library at Washington. More

Letter from Louis Hicks to Alexander Graham Bell, August 28, 1907

Letter from Louis Hicks to Alexander Graham Bell, September 13, 1907

Letter from A. L. Massie to Charles J. Bell, September 11, 1907

Letter from Louis Hicks to Alexander Graham Bell, August 28, 1907

Letter from A. L. Massie to Charles J. Bell, September 11, 1907

Skann Sons & Co. Phonograph Dept.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man seated alongside phonograph]

Copyright by W.J. Dyer & Bro., Saint Paul.

[Emile Berliner, with the model of the first phonograph machine which he invented]

Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best known for his development of the flat disc record and the Gramophone. Berliner worked in the telegraph industry experim More

[Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, between two phonograph cabinets, one of which is made of concrete]

J166749 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of bureau, cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Luisa Tetrazzini, full-length portrait, seated facing right; with victrola and three men in phonograph store]

J195735 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Miguelito making phonograph record

Miguelito, a Navajo from the Southwest, making voice recording. J190068 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geoffrey O'Hara, New York, N.Y.

Electro-static phonograph - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas Edison, half-length portrait, facing left and looking down into glass, experimenting in his laboratory]

J239947 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.A.E. Inc. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United Phonograph Stores, 1312 S St., [Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Thomas Edison, seated beside phonograph]

J24652 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by T.A.E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; PI; Phonographs.

1836 7 St., United Phonograph Stores Inc., [Washington, D.C.]

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Letter from Wm. Meadowcroft to Edgar Berliner, 1922 May 26

Letter written on paper with the heading: "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J." Letter from Wm. Meadowcroft to Edgar Berliner, thanking him for sending along a Berliner Gramophone Company Cata More

Letter from Edgar Berliner to Emile Berliner, 1922 May 29

Letter written on Berliner Gram-o-phone Company Limited (Montreal) letterhead. This letter accompanied letter from Wm. Meadowcroft (5/26/1922), which Edgar sent along to his father. Letter from Edgar Berliner t More

[Claire Dux, "Claire Dux, soprano", leaning over large phonograph, Ann Arbor, Mich.?]

Photo copyrighted by Day, Ann Arbor. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Man with phonograph player] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

And now the educated hog. The office of exhibits, Department of Agriculture has prefected the "educated hog." It talks, n'everything. The talking is done by means of concealed phonograph records and the action is accomplished by means of compressed air. The hog tells those interested all about the damage done to members of his family by the roundworm and as the roundworm gets to work the hogs are deflated by the letting of compressed air. This model, 4 feet 6 inches high will be exhibited the first week in December at the live stock show in Chicago

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[Photograph of the painting "Dog looking at and listening to a phonograph," by Francis Berraud in 1898]

Painting shows the dog called Nipper looking into a phonograph. This image became the trademark for RCA Victor and His Master's Voice. The painting was copyrighted in 1899.

Washington Phonograph Co. Bronze tablet

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clipping, October 28, 1937 Alexander Graham Bell collection

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Farmer and wife examining phonograph at auction near Tenstrike, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old photo of a man and a woman looking at a record player, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican boy and girl playing phonograph. San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans love all forms of music

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farmer examining phonograph. Auction near Tenstrike, Minnesota

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children at the private school held in the Farm Bureau building keeping time with homemade musical instruments with a phonograph. Pie Town, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children at the private school held in the Farm Bureau building keeping time with homemade musical instruments with a phonograph. Pie Town, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Daughter of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower listening to phonograph. Crawford County, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arlington, Virginia. A girl in her room playing a phonograph at Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Architectural Forum, at Studio Alliance. Living room, phonograph detail

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Bevan Lawson to Volta Laboratory, undated

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Gardiner Greene Hubbard to Alexander Graham Bell, September 26

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Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to J. H. Bradford, undated

Correspondence between Joseph Sanders and B.L. Aldridge, April 24, 1953 to July 31, 1956

Contains 79 letters, some with multiple pages and attachments. Identification "Sanders_Col" was in genre field; transferred to this note. Some of the questions appear to be in reference to an exhibit entitled " More

Gramophone patents: U. S. Gramophone Co

Handwritten notations throughout. Correction page tipped in at beg. Patent 548, 623. Some blank pages between patents and facing diagrams. Gramophone patents bound informally together. Includes Berliner patents More

Sprechmaschinen-nadeln = Talking machine needles = Aiguilles pour machines parlantes = Agujas para discos = Agulhas para Gramofonos

Few words of text in German, English and Spanish. Sample book displaying fifty different talking machine needles.

Patentschrift no. 53622 : Neuerung an dem durch das patent 45048 geschutzen Verfahren und Aparat fur das Registriren und Wiederhervorbringen von Tonen

Diagram and specifications. Front stamped in red on upper left-hand corner : "--entbureau, Berliner, N. W. Emistrasse 31, Eduard Franke." In German.