FREEMAN TALKING MACHINE, Nashville, Tenn.

[CDBPDX]

A friend would like some info about their Freeman Talking Machine Company from Nashville, Tennessee. Don't see many phonographs from Nashville, this is the first Freeman I have seen.

Thanks! Cliff

[briankeith]

I like it - since I like off-brands better than name brands

[Benjamin_L]

I'm crazy interested in getting one, and "victorIIvictor" provided me with some information awhile back. This was the only early upright brand ever made in TN. (Even though it was a decal brand)

Some interesting links about the Freeman Talking Machine Co. of Nashville Tennessee:

The right-hand column of the December, 1918 issue of Packages, page 26, shows they were around to capitalize on the post- WWI phonograph boom:

http://tinyurl.com/jh4cms7

The Tennesseean newspaper from 21 December, 1919 has an advertisement (but you've got to sign up for a free trial to get a good gander at it)

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121731035/

The Tennesseean again, from 15 August 1920… Tough to tell what is on this page

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118798338/

A factory fire in 1922, likely the end of the line for this company (phonograph glut + economic recession + factory fire):

http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1922-7 ... 5-8-42.pdf

This Music Trades article (lower right hand corner of page 21 of the 12 August, 1922 issue) about the same 8 August, 1922 fire notes that Freeman Talking Machine was the only company of its kind in Nashville:

http://tinyurl.com/zplgvn7