General Information

Serial #

549

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal (steel?) tone arm, platter, speaker cover, motor cover, crank arm, record "holder" and needles; wooden case covered in brown leatherette; speaker covered in cloth mesh; cloth covered cardboard lines the inside and felt liners

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.0 cm

Width

15.9 cm

Height

8.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 1900'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

Reproduces sound recorded on 78 RPM discs

Technical

Example of early portable "camera case" record player

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On label under case liner: "MIGNONPHONE MIN-U-PHONE DELUXE MODEL NO. D 549 TESTED & PACKEDBY NO. _______ WALKER PRODUCTS COMPANY 19-27 WEST 21st ST., NEWYORK, N.Y., U.S.A." / On tone arm: "MAGNONPHONIC VANITROLA WALKER PRODUCTS C. NEW YORK SWISS MADE"

Missing

Winding crank

Finish

Metal parts plated with white metal (nickel?), cloth interior and platter liner is beige, record "holder" liner is dark green (both were attached with glue which has resulted in rusting of metal) / hand grips are cross-hatched for easier grips

Decoration

"VANITROLA" stamped in gold on beige interior / raised circular decoration on tone arm with anchor in centre