Phonograph record
National Phonograph Co
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wax and cardboard
Place of origin
Orange
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1400878
Summary
Five phonograph records in cardboard cylindrical boxes. Marked 'Edison Standard Record. National Phonograph Company, Orange NJ, USA. No faster that 160 rpm'. a - 13262 'I Can't Keep from Laughing', by Hampton, and the 'Laughing Song' by Pete Hampton. The inner cannister is broken with fragments in the bottom of the cylindrical box. b - 13602 'Selection from HMS Pinafore', by Sullivan. c - 13999 'Shadowland', by Noel Johnson. d - 14029 'I've Got Rings On My Fingers', by Scott. e - 19176 'We Parted on the Shore', 'Scotch Song', by Harry Lauder, but contains the record 'Is Everybody Happy Here?'.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969).
Makers and roles
National Phonograph Co , record manufacturer National Phonograph Co , record label Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842 - 1900), composer William Noel Johnson (1863-1916), composer Pete Hampton, composer Maurice Scott , composer