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| Advertisement | Columbia Graphophones (1906) |
| Brand Name/Product | Graphophone |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Columbia Phonograph Company |
| Publication Source | Washington magazine, Vol. 1 (6) |
| Publisher | Washington Magazine Publishing Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | August 1906
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| Advertisement Text | A written guarantee of a ten million dollar concern is the best assurance you can have of the superiority of the Columbia Graphophone. With this guarantee you don't guess, you know which is best. An ideal summer amusement on your porch; in the mountains; on the water; at the seashore; anywhere. The music of a graphophone in the open is clear, sweet and far-reaching...This is your chance to secure the best talking machine made, on payments that will not be felt... |
| Contextual Notes | The Columbia Phonograph Company was established in 1889 and began selling disc records in 1901, in addition to phonographs and cylinder recordings. In 1912, the company decided to produce records exclusively and later became known as Columbia Records.
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| Category | Entertainment and leisure activities
Commercial products
Home economics, household goods and appliances |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Phonographs |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0077 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.705 WM |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
