The history of Capitol Phonograph Company?

[antique1973]

I am supposed to give a talk about my Capitol phonograph lamp soon and realized I have limited
information on the Capitol Phonograph company as far as its history and when it began. Wiki talks
about Capitol records but not the phonograph division. I know they made record players into the 50's
at least.

Burns-Pollock was an electrical manufacturer that made the phono lamp under contract by Capitol correct?

Thanks for any info!

[OrthoSean]

The record company and the (phono)lamp company are unrelated. Capitol records was founded in the early 1940s by Johnny Mercer and a couple of other investors in the music business.

[antique1973]

The record company and the (phono)lamp company are unrelated. Capitol records was founded in the early 1940s by Johnny Mercer and a couple of other investors in the music business.

That's news to me. Thanks for the clarification!

Found the original patent info which helps a lot. Here is it for anyone who is interested:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1438631.pdf