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69: 128:. Emerson left the company to lead Columbia's recording department around the summer of 1896. In 1897 the USPC worked with Edison's National Phonograph Company to retrofit phonographs with spring motors invented by Frank Capps. The convenience and cost savings of spring-motor phonographs like these helped shift the phonograph from a public entertainment (in parlors or exhibitions) to a consumer good. In October 1899 the company was prohibited by court order from manufacturing duplicate records, and they began supplying original records for the 83:
was a manufacturer of cylinder phonograph records and supplies in the 1890s. It was formed in the Spring of 1893 by Victor Emerson, manager of the New Jersey Phonograph Company. Simon S. Ott and George E. Tewkesbury, heads of the Kansas Phonograph Company and inventors of an automatic phonograph
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in August 1894, the United States Phonograph Company became one of the industry's largest suppliers of records, competing mostly with the
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Title page of United States Phonograph Company record catalog, published circa 1894. Image from
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allowed them to record the most popular artists of the 1890s, including
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who had joined with the American Graphophone Company to manufacture
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New York Phonograph Company vs. National Phonograph Company
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American Graphophone Co. Vs. National Phonograph Company
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18th Century Manufacturer of Cylinder Phonograph Records
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Manufacturing companies based in Newark, New Jersey
338:Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States 314: 258:"Gallery of Talent Employed for Making Records" 74:New York Public Library Digital Collections 220: 187:Catalogue of Standard New Jersey Records 67: 165: 323:American companies established in 1893 315: 200: 278: 166:Emerson, Victor H. (November 1894). 100:(at this point nearly identical to 13: 14: 349: 90:North American Phonograph Company 168:"Affidavit of Victor H. Emerson" 147: 145: 143: 141: 132: 81:United States Phonograph Company 20:United States Phonograph Company 287: 272: 250: 194: 178: 159: 84:joined later. It was based in 1: 152: 88:. After the collapse of the 30:; 131 years ago 7: 130:National Phonograph Company 94:Columbia Phonograph Company 10: 354: 50: 42: 24: 328:Phonograph manufacturers 305:(10): 10. October 1899. 238:(10): 10. October 1899 76: 279:Andem, James (1905). 71: 295:"Article not titled" 201:Brooks, Tim (1978). 21: 228:"Article untitled" 126:Issler's Orchestra 86:Newark, New Jersey 77: 56:Newark, New Jersey 19: 66: 65: 345: 307: 306: 291: 285: 284: 276: 270: 269: 254: 248: 247: 245: 243: 224: 218: 217: 207: 198: 192: 191: 182: 176: 175: 163: 139: 135: 110:George J. Gaskin 38: 36: 31: 22: 18: 353: 352: 348: 347: 346: 344: 343: 342: 313: 312: 311: 310: 293: 292: 288: 277: 273: 256: 255: 251: 241: 239: 226: 225: 221: 205: 199: 195: 184: 183: 179: 164: 160: 155: 137: 133: 122:Russell Hunting 62: 58: 34: 32: 29: 17: 12: 11: 5: 351: 341: 340: 335: 330: 325: 309: 308: 299:The Phonoscope 286: 271: 262:The Phonoscope 249: 232:The Phonoscope 219: 193: 177: 157: 156: 154: 151: 64: 63: 60: 54: 52: 48: 47: 46:Victor Emerson 44: 40: 39: 26: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 350: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 320: 318: 304: 300: 296: 290: 282: 275: 267: 263: 259: 253: 237: 233: 229: 223: 215: 211: 204: 197: 189: 188: 181: 173: 169: 162: 158: 150: 148: 146: 144: 142: 140: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 82: 75: 70: 61:United States 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 27: 23: 302: 298: 289: 280: 274: 265: 261: 252: 240:. Retrieved 235: 231: 222: 213: 210:ARSC Journal 209: 196: 186: 180: 171: 161: 114:Dan W. Quinn 98:graphophones 80: 78: 51:Headquarters 242:24 December 118:Len Spencer 102:phonographs 317:Categories 153:References 268:(7): 12. 106:New York 43:Founder 33: ( 25:Founded 206:(PDF) 138:] 134:[ 244:2016 216:(1). 124:and 79:The 35:1893 28:1893 319:: 301:. 297:. 264:. 260:. 234:. 230:. 214:10 212:. 208:. 170:. 120:, 116:, 112:, 59:, 303:3 266:2 246:. 236:3 174:. 136:7 37:)

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Newark, New Jersey

New York Public Library Digital Collections
Newark, New Jersey
North American Phonograph Company
Columbia Phonograph Company
graphophones
phonographs
New York
George J. Gaskin
Dan W. Quinn
Len Spencer
Russell Hunting
Issler's Orchestra
National Phonograph Company
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"Affidavit of Victor H. Emerson"
Catalogue of Standard New Jersey Records
"Columbia Records in the 1890s: Founding the Record Industry"
"Article untitled"
"Gallery of Talent Employed for Making Records"
"Article not titled"
Categories
American companies established in 1893
Phonograph manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Newark, New Jersey

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