Phonograph Advertisements

 

A significant part of the phonograph's history are its advertisements.

Phonograph ads, like any consumer ad, tell stories with a variety of themes, personalities and images. But what was unique to phonograph ads, explicit or not, were the next steps they sought: Go to a phonograph dealer, listen for yourself, buy a phonograph, buy records.

Select from the following advertising themes and period specific galleries or use the PhonoAds Table of Contents.

 

Pre -1900 Ads		"Looking for the Band"		Artists Inside the Horn
1900 -1905 Ads		Edison's 1905 Double Service (1)		1905 - 1910 Ads
"Which is which?"		"Both are..."		The Stage of the World
1910 - 1915 Ads		1915 - 1920 Ads		1920 - 1930 Ads
1930 - 1940 Ads		1940 - 1945 Ads		1945 - 1950 Ads
Post 1950 Ads		PhonoElegance		Shopping for a Phonograph
At Home or at the Opera		Edison Tone Tests		Hear it Anywhere!
PhonoDance		Happy Homes - Something for Everyone		The Phonograph with a Soul
Phonograph Billboards and Signs		Visions of Artists in the Home		Music on the Record
Phonograph Window Displays		An Age of Wonders!		January 1919 Phonograph Ads
New Victor Records January 1919		Carola Phonograph		"Clear as a Bell" The Sonora Phonograph
Portable Phonographs		The Columbia Twentieth Century Graphophone		Santa, Christmas and the Phonograph
The Brownies and the Phonograph		The Victor Book of the Opera		The 2015 Launch of Apple Music
Other Ways to Own a Phonograph		RCA Victor's "Golden Throat"		Nipper, Dogs and the Phonograph
Silhouette Ads - Edison		"Advergraphs" Slogans, Phrases and Logos		Tone, Fidelity and Realism
Children's Phonographs and Popular Culture Characters		Cable Addresses and the Phonograph		Silhouette Ads - Columbia
		Appealing to the customer's 'human' side

 

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