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OBJECT TYPE: 78 RPM
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0259.002

MANUFACTURER: Columbia Graphophone Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Black grooved synthetic disk, with a green and gold paper label.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 25.4 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Columbia
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1975 -1985
Canada: This particular example of the Granada was originally owned by Mania Finkelstein, who used it to play popular music and a large collection of Jewish (Hebrew, Yiddish and other language) recordings. After her death in 1975, the phonograph was inherited by her stepson, Mr. Moe Segal. A prominent member of the Ottawa Jewish community, Mr. Segal occasionally played records on the machine over the next ten years.
Function: To play back audio signals .A record disk for the Granada Orthophonic Victrola, with different Jewish song recorded on other side of the disk.
Technical: Recording disk allowed a person to hear performances away from the original occurrence and as often as desired.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's stamp:"Columbia Grafonola [logo]/COLUMBIA/Price in U.S., .85¢/Price in Canada, .90¢/Jewish Folk Song/[Arabic text?]/The Eternal Flame!/(J. Medvedieff)/SIMON PASKAL, TENOR/Orch. Accomp./E4321/85022/COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY/PATENTED, MADE UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. LETTERS PATENT:/DEC. 10. 1901, NOV. 25. 1902, JAN. 2. 1906, FEB. 11. 1908, AUG. 11. 1908, NOV. 30. 1909, OTHER PATENTS PENDING/Aheim Aheim/E4321/85023".
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: Black grooved synthetic disk, with a green and gold paper label.
Decoration: None.

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