World's phonograph Company , Amsterdam

[Gramtastic]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

[poodling around]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

I assume that you saw this link mentioning the company:

https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_herstel ... y_id=19279

address:

The World's Phonograph Co.
Rokin 83, Amsterdam

[poodling around]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

The shop:

[poodling around]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

Or this one, depending upon which number it was - or maybe they moved ?

[poodling around]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

Interesting company information mentioned underneath the youtube video itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cam3cyrtrQs

[poodling around]

One aspect of our hobby I really like is the social history it reveals to us. I have recently bought this postcard from 1896 where someone living in a small terraced house in Lincoln, England, writes to "The World's Phonograph co " in Amsterdam asking about a particular record/Cylinder ? Anyone know more about this company and how anyone in the UK would have known to write to them ? They ask about the Columbian Exposition March which seems to have been written in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago that year. I love the way they ask that if anything is out of stock , would they "make them" !
Through the wonders of Google maps I attach a photo of the house as it is today and the only reference to this company I can find on line...
Anyone have a copy of this march ?

Interesting company information mentioned underneath the youtube video itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cam3cyrtrQs

and here:

https://archive.org/stream/HillandaleNe ... 4_djvu.txt

quite a lot more on google.

[martinola]

Edison Standard #3 sports a tag from them on the case.

[poodling around]

I absolutely agree by the way about how wonderful it is to find old, gramophone related documents and research them.

By amazing coincidence, last night I was clearing up (a littlle) the gramophone room, and sat down to admire the mess. I then saw something showing from a heap of empty record sleeves and it turned out to be a receipt from 1942 (or 1947) showing month and day of purchase.

Brilliant indeed.

[Starkton]

I have also seen this postcard on ebay, however, I am only looking for earlier material (1893-95) from this company.