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Advertising
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Sub Categories: 
Illustrations
Text on Button: 
COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE
Image Description: 

A blue gramophone features white text within the image. The background is white.

Curl Text: 

Bastian Bros Rochester, NY

Back Style: 
Unlocking pin
The Shape: 
Circle
The Size: 
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made: 
1910
1910s
The Manufacturer: 
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information: 

The Columbia Graphophone Company was the UK subsidiary of the Columbia Phonograph Company. The Phonograph Company was founded in 1887 and sold Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders, including some cylinder recordings of its own. The Graphophone Company became the UK subsidiary in 1922 and in 1931 it merged with the Gramophone Company to form EMI, or Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. 

Catalog ID: 
AD0070
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