Victor Victrola

Victor Victrola, Victor Talking Machine Company
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The gramophone with the horn hidden in a furniture cabinet, which brought music into the living room.

Earlier gramophones had a large horn sticking out. The Victrola hid the horn in a cabinet that could stand as a piece of furniture in the home.

The name Victrola came to mean gramophone in many countries. The cabinet shows how the technology wanted to become part of interior decoration.

Materials: Wood cabinet, metal mechanism, built-in horn

Manufacture: Made by the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, from 1906.

The mahogany or oak cabinet with doors in front of the horn.

The crank on the side that winds the mechanism.

The turntable and tone arm under the lid.