ClipArt

Doug Boilesen, 2004

The following are a few examples of early clip art for computers related to the phonograph. As such they are stylistic interpretations of phonographs intended to be added to messages or documents. Related to earlier 'cuts' for newspapers ads and rubber stamp images for personal use they are colorful and portray much of the simplicity of the earlier non-photographed images and illustrations.

See Phonographia's Beka Records Illustrations for examples of a creative series of advertising "cuts" circa 1910 intended for magazine and newspaper ads.

 

MicroSoft ClipArt 2002

 

ClipArt from Microsoft Office on the Web (c. 2002) and displayed as examples of phonograph art. See Microsoft licensing agreement for personal and non-commerical use of these images.

 

Description: An instrument for recording and reproducing the vibrations of sound. It was invented by Thomas A Edison in 1877, and has been improved by him and other inventors. Source: B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909), 2007 Clipart courtesy of FTIC http://etc.usf.edu/clipart .

Description: Edison talking into the phonograph. Source: The World's Book of Knowledge and Universal Educator (Boston: J.R. Spaulding & Co., 1901) . 2007. Clipart courtesy of FTIC http://etc.usf.edu/clipart.