Wind-up "Victrola"

1992.308

There is a container with extra needles.

Record collection:
8 records in sleeves (some recorded only on one side);
1 album with 12 records, 12 inches;
1 album with 12 records, 10 inches;
1 album with 3 twelve inch and 2 ten inch records.

Record labels in albums: Victor Records, "His Masters Voice"; Jewel Gennet; Silvertone (Sears & Roebuck & Co.); Okeh (General Phonograph Corp., N.Y.); and Columbia.

Wind-up "Victrola" with wood cabinet consisting of two front doors and two storage shelves containing a record collection (see notes). There is a crank on the side to wind up the spring motor and a lid that covers the phonograph. Owned by Lisle and Eleanor Downing.

1923

H-38.5 W-21 D-18 inches

Metal tag under cover: "Victrola, Victor Talking Machine, Canden, N.J." with slogan -- "His Master's Voice."

Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N.J.

Downing, Lisle
Downing, Eleanor

This might be considered the first CD player. It played a large plastic record. There is a crank on the side and the record player does not need any electric. What would be the advantage and disadvantages of using this rather than a modern CD player?

Phonographs