Hello all!
Just bought this gem for $75 bucks yesterday, cleaned it up, oiled it and it plays like a champ. Never heard of this brand and it's not listed anywhere on the Internet.
The gold tag on the inside says "Wolverine Phonograph....#1625 Lind and Marks Manufacturing Company. The reproducer has "Wolverine" on it.
Any information would be appreciated. Rob Gardner
Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
If you look at page 91 here: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archi ... 923-11.pdf
...you'll see yours announced in a 1923 ad as a 1924 model, billed as the Sheraton Console, for $100, the least expensive of five machines shown. All were period consoles. Lind and Marks is described as a distributor for Vocalion headquartered in Detroit with an office in Cleveland.
...you'll see yours announced in a 1923 ad as a 1924 model, billed as the Sheraton Console, for $100, the least expensive of five machines shown. All were period consoles. Lind and Marks is described as a distributor for Vocalion headquartered in Detroit with an office in Cleveland.
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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
Nice find.
The only information we can add:
Wolverine, by Lind & Marks Co., 530 Bates street, Detroit, Michigan, 8 models plus a portable.(source of this info has been lost over the years)
Maybe additional research on the company will yield more.
All the best,
The only information we can add:
Wolverine, by Lind & Marks Co., 530 Bates street, Detroit, Michigan, 8 models plus a portable.(source of this info has been lost over the years)
Maybe additional research on the company will yield more.
All the best,
Ed and Nancy
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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
I guess this model is a rare dog. Couldn't pass it up for $75 

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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
drh wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 2:24 pm If you look at page 91 here: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archi ... 923-11.pdf
...you'll see yours announced in a 1923 ad as a 1924 model, billed as the Sheraton Console, for $100, the least expensive of five machines shown. All were period consoles. Lind and Marks is described as a distributor for Vocalion headquartered in Detroit with an office in Cleveland.
You guys are incredible!!! Wow! Thanks, Rob
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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
Can you take a better photo of it? Close up, straight on, good lighting, high quality... Can't tell anything from your pic...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Wolverine Wind up phonograph....anyone heard of this one?
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife