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"On This (Busy) Day..."

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:48 am
by phonogfp
“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

February 11, 1847: Born: Thomas A. Edison, inventor of the phonograph.

February 11, 1915: Eugene Kieffer filed for a U.S. Design Patent (eventually granted as No.47,399) for “Cabinet for Talking Machines.” This would become the cabinet for the Victrola XVIII.

February 11, 1915: Eugene Kieffer filed for a U.S. Design Patent (eventually granted as No.49,215) for “Cabinet for Talking Machines.” This would become the second style cabinet for the Victrola IX.

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