- 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.
- 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.
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