The
Clubb Song Illustrator
The Picture-Disc Company
By Doug Boilesen 2023
The Clubb Song Illustrator was invented
by Harry H. Clubb as an attachment for open horn talking machines
to provide magic lantern views which illustrate songs. A screen
is hung in front of the horn where the 'views' can be seen by means
of a "powerful lantern" attached to the rear of the machine.
Clubb promoted this machine as something talking machine dealers
could use to advertise their records and machines, but also see
as a potential home entertainment device.
The Picture-Disc Company of Los Angeles
advertised that they "will start out with a catalog of twenty
films and will bring out films each month for the new monthly released
records."
"New Club Song
Illustrator," The Talking Machine World, July 1911.
The Clubb song illustrator
was "a center of interest for hundreds of Milwaukee people..."
The Talking Machine World, July 1911.
The Adaptor Illustrator
by The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, August
1912.
The Adaptor with Columbia,
The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, October
1912.
The Adaptor as an Automatic
Illustrator - "The Machine that tells a Story, The Picture-Disc
Company, The Talking Machine World, November 1912.
The International PhonoScope Co.
In May of 1912 a new compnay was incorporated
as the International Phonoscope Co. An instrument, invented by Henry
Seeman, was to "attached to any disc talking machine for the
purpose of illustrating disc records automatically by means of colored
or plain film slides..."
The International PhonoScope
Co.,The Talking Machine World, May 15, 1912.
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