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Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Phonographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Phonographs
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.72 Cubic feet
consisting of 2.5 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.
Repository:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Phonographs forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Administration

Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Phonographs is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Phonographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Materials in the Archives Center

Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of


More Information

Brand Name

Brand Name
The following is a list of the brand or trade names for various phonographs.
  • Phonographs
  • Brand Names
    Manufacturer
    Amberol
    National Phonograph Company
    Aux-e-to-phone
    Victor Talking Machine Co.
    Corona
    Regina Co.
    Dandy Talking Machine
    New York-Chicago Supply Company
    Four Star
    Emerson
    Gold Moulded
    National Phonograph Co.
    Gram-o-phone
    National Gramophone Co.
    Grapfonola
    Columbia Phonograph Co.
    Graphophone
    Columbia Phonograph Co.
    Okeh
    General Phonograph Corp.
    Red Seal
    Victor Talking Machine Co
    Victrola
    Victor Talking Machine Co.
    Vocalion
    Aeolian Co.
    Zon-0-Phone
    Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing Company


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Business ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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