Victor Alhambra model 4669 phonograph
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Victor Talking Machine Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cabinet model phonograph was made in the 1920s by the Victor Talking Machine Company. By 1939 phonograph technology had been tinkered with for half a century, and the ten-inch, 78-rpm shellac disc was the standard for popular recordings. Each side held about three minutes of music and sold for thirty-five to seventy-five cents. The larger twelve-inch format was better suited for classical music and spoken-word recordings and held about four to five minutes of sound. Shellac was extremely brittle, but remained the primary material for records until the invention of the vinyl LP in 1948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from RCA Corporation, thru Anthony Sylvester
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330480
label: catalog number
content: 330480
label: accession number
content: 298717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: phonograph
label: Object Name
content: record player
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 35 in x 23 in; 86.36 cm x 88.9 cm x 58.42 cm