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Gramophone Record, by Columbia Records, London, 1920s

Inventory Number 16050


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.16050

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2004.
Primary inscriptions
"... COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO-, LTD-, LONDON, E.C.1" printed on one side. 'James Stanton & Sons' with address and advertising text printed on sleeve.
Physical material
Plastic
Paper
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Diameter: 250mm
Inventory No
16050
Accession Number
2004-9/507

Description

78 rpm sample record by Columbia Records, in paper sleeve marked James Stanton & Sons, Dudley (a music shop). One side tells the story of the birth of radio and the 'romance' of Marconiphone, with selection of classical music peices on the other side.