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Watchtower phonographs were made by the Angelico Company in 1916 and called "Angelophones". The one pictured on eBay might just have been used at a JW gathering place to play records on.
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Jehovah's Witness / Watchtower Gramophone
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Re: Jehovah's Witness / Watchtower Gramophone
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
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Re: Jehovah's Witness / Watchtower Gramophone
Curt A wrote:Watchtower phonographs were made by the Angelico Company in 1916 and called "Angelophones". The one pictured on eBay might just have been used at a JW gathering place to play records on.
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No it is fake !
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Re: Jehovah's Witness / Watchtower Gramophone
I recently acquired a collection of Angelophone records. Some of the "sleeves" (paper separators) have prints of a phonograph on them, and descriptions of the models available (IIRC, there were three). I don't believe any had outside horns.
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Re: Jehovah's Witness / Watchtower Gramophone
donniej wrote:I recently acquired a collection of Angelophone records. Some of the "sleeves" (paper separators) have prints of a phonograph on them, and descriptions of the models available (IIRC, there were three). I don't believe any had outside horns.
Nice to see a picture of the "sleeve"