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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!

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.

OrthoSean wrote: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