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Title |
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Case |
Object Name |
Case, Audio Recording |
Description |
c. 1912 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder case is made of cardboard with blue faux-leather paper on the outside. There is an inner tube that extends about an inch above the outer tube. Outer tube has "Edison" written in gold cursive on one side. The base has a circular insert with a circular embossed stamp on it (unable to read it). |
Date |
c. 1912 to late 1920s |
Creator |
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2013.036.042 |
Dimensions |
H-4.25 W-2.5 D-2.5 inches |
Collection |
3D - Sound Communication Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"Edison" (written in gold cursive on front). Unable to read embossed stamp on base. |
Provenance |
Items from the estate of Edmond Marchais who spent almost all of his 93 year life in Menlo Park. He worked in a machine shop in Redwood City. The phonograph player and cylinders were from his Menlo Park childhood home when he lived with his father (French) and mother (French-Italian) Maurice and Emily Marchais. |
Notes |
5 pages of notes/research on phonographs was located with phonograph. They are now stored in Curator's Accession Files. Beginning in 1912 Edison began to make Blue Amberol celluloid cylinders to replace wax cylinders which broke more easily. They were made of celluloid and had plaster of paris inside. Edison manufactured these until the late 1920s. |
Search Terms |
Marchais, Edmond Phonographs Music Equipment Cylinder, Phonograph Music Cases |
Subjects |
Phonographs Phonograph industry Music Audiovisual materials |
People |
Marchais, Edmond |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Carolyn Brosz |