Gas lighting in Columbia Phonograph plant, 1913. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1034, Item 908 From about 1922 on, the studio began using newer, nitrate sheet film negatives in the same large format.

It all started for Columbia back in 1989, when it was first opened as The Columbia Phonograph Company. It became the district’s leading merchant of Thomas Edison’s phonograph, producing its own ...

Bendickson also said he was a big fan of Edison and Columbia phonographs. The museum will be open Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on ...

On Feb. 25, 1925, Art Gillham, a musician known as “the Whispering Pianist” for his gentle croon, entered Columbia Phonograph Company’s studio to test out a newly installed electrical system.

was dubbed by Columbia Phonograph Co. as “The Strolling Yodler.” He enjoyed a storied career performing his entertaining style of Americana music throughout the country. Columbia’s Yodeling Hobo was ...

1879 – British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana. 1889 – The Columbia Phonograph Company was formed in Washington, DC. 1895 – The National Association of Manufacturers was ...

Initially home to the manager of the Shanghai Columbia Phonograph Records Factory, it later became a base for a traditional orchestra. Today, the block contains 101 historic garden villas, 19 of which ...

Its first recordings were made under Sousa. Columbia Phonograph Company recorded the Marine Band and released 60 wax recording cylinders in fall 1890. “By 1897, more than 400 different titles ...

phonograph and record industry was so sick ... Third, but just beginning to nudge Decca for second place, is the newly reorganized Columbia (now a subsidiary of Columbia Broadcasting System ...

Under Sousa, the Marine Band also made its first recordings. The phonograph was a relatively new invention, and the Columbia Phonograph Company sought a military band to record. The Marine Band ...

Depression teaches humility, softens pride. For many years the two great talking machine companies of the world have wanted to merge, time & again they have refused to make minor concessions.