[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - RECORDING & LISTENING DEVICES]. A collection of 100+ photographs and advertisements mostly featuring subjects with Edison phonographs and other listening and recording devices, including:

Postcards with ads for: Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co. (3 different); Columbia Records; Emerson Piano Co.; Decker Bros.; O.A. Hoit Piano Tuner; and a description of a Violano Virtuoso – Automatic Piano & Violin, made in 1912.

Realphoto postcard of a man standing by a table with an Edison phonograph surrounded by Edison wax cylinders (recordings).

Group of three navy radio operators.

Cabinet photo of a man standing by an early phonograph, verso with photographer in Greek.

Group of men on the USS Milwaukee standing by a phonograph, second image of tribal men standing by the same machine. These men are also on the deck of the Milwaukee with the sailors.

Realphoto postcard with caption: “John Coolidige at Plymouth Listening in to Nomination of Calvin Coolidge at Cleveland Convention June 1924.”

Photo of dancers (such as Rockettes) ready to dance as one of their members turns on the music. 6 x 8 in.

Photo of boys using “Rangertone Organs” to learn the part which they are to follow. With International News Photo explanation attached.

Ad for Sonora sound products, 6.5 x 8.5 in. Christmas advertising.

Two guys with a portable radio set. One gives the other a boost so he can run an antenna higher in a tree. 5-23-22. P.& A Photo.

Two 8 x 10 in. images of the inside of a record store.

7 x 9 in. image of a reporter interviewing two men outdoors. Cameraman in foreground.

Advertising for musical instruments for children (Junior Zobo Musical Instruments)

4.5 x 12 in (sight) – two images together of musical instrument store, pianos along one side, smaller instruments (especially stringed instruments) along the other side.

One postcard with a recording on it. We do not have the equipment to see if it still plays.

Much more. Many of these are photos of early radio stations or ham operators sitting at their sets. There are several images of radio shops, with sections for Philco, Motorola, Zenith, etc. Names still familiar today.