The Edison Cylinder Record Box: "On This Day in Phonographic History..."

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"On This Day in Phonographic History..."

 

June 1, 1903: Abner Seeley filed for a U.S. patent on a “Record Box.” This would become the familiar container with indented bottoms and lids which housed Edison Gold-Moulded Records.

 

December 11, 1906: Abner Seeley was granted U.S. patent (No.837,970) on a “Record Box.” 

 

For a chronology of U.S. Edison cylinder record boxes:

 

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