Picturegram Gramophone

Hough, J. E., Ltd. Edison Bell Works; London

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  • Year
  • 1927 ?
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 340396

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Picturegram Gramophone - Hough, J. E., Ltd. Edison Bell
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 327 x 411 x 545 mm / 12.9 x 16.2 x 21.5 inch
  • Notes

  • Edison picturegram, portable gramophone.

    Introduced for Christmas 1927, this machine was intended as a nursery toy, albeit a complicated one.

    Essentially a portable gramophone, it includes a ‘proscenium’ inside which a paper cartoon strip unrolls as the nursery rhyme story is recounted on the record. It was supplied with three records performed by Harry Hemsley.

    Features
    The horn aperture is the small hole in line with the tonearm. The opening beneath the carrying handle is for stowing the picture attachment. It incorporates a revolving scroll mechanism for the pictures. It is driven from the turntable via a rubber-tired pinch wheel and steel-spring belt.

    Dimensions with the lid open.

     

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Collector info (Sammler)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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