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The Graphophone was the name and trademark of an improved version of the phonograph. It was initially designed at the Volta Laboratory established by Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, D.C., United
A Columbia "Precision" Graphophone, a cylinder model sold in France, 1901
American Graphophone's 1888 wax cylinder graphophone. The machines were marketed for only a few years by American Graphophone and the North American Phonograph Company, but were superseded by Edison's 1888 'perfected phonograph' and its solid wax cylinders.
A 1912 advertisement for the Columbia Grafonola
Columbia Records
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Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, an American subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. Founded on
Graphophone
…Graphophone Company, the American Graphophone Company, the North American Phonograph Company, and finally by the Columbia Phonograh Company (known today as Columbia Records), all of which either produced or sold Graphophones. It took five years of research under the directorship of Benjamin Hulme, Harvey Christmas, Charles…
The original home of Columbia in Washington, D.C., in 1888; the company was named after the city.
The American label of an electrically recorded Columbia disc by Art Gillham from the mid-1920s
The British label of an electrically recorded Columbia disc by Paul Whiteman