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I tried a quick google search for pictures of the record pressing operation at Victor Talking Machine, but came-up empty handed.


(The only thing I have found is the 1942 RCA-Victor film on you-tube. The presses are fairly modest, looking similar to LP presses from the 1950's - '60's.)

Anybody know if there are / were photographs of the acoustic-era pressing equipment at Camden ?


( Or for that matter, at Columbia or one of the other labels ?)

Good question… As I´m also interested in old pictures and primary sources of the recording industry, I also wondered, that in the usual sources like “Talking Machine World” and so on, there is seldom seen a picture of the factories or pressing plants. More often you´ll find those visual documents with European sources. Although not the VTM, you´ll find a picture of the OkeH Matrix Plant with this Blog entry:

http://grammophon-platten.de/e107_plugi ... iew.29.0.2
(About the half of the entry)


Regards

Not sure if this is VTMCo or HMV (probably HMV), but go to 6:20.....

https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=RhgKsFcetyk

or perhaps....

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

Watch the entire series of 4 parts - very interesting!