The Type B ("Eagle") Graphophone: "On This Day in Phonographic History..."

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"On This Day in Phonographic Histroy..."

 

August 20, 1901: Thomas Macdonald was granted a U.S. patent (No.680, 794) for “Combined Graphophone and Motor.”  This was the tremendously successful Columbia “Eagle” Graphophone, which sold approximately 150,000 units over its 10-year production life.

 

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