As we take another general look around the main room, a few other items of interest catch our eyes:
A Victor Schoolhouse (VV-XXV) which was the the only
external horn machine still being manufactured during the era of the internal
horn Victrolas.
Edison
also offered a machine meant for the rigors of school use. This was basically
a metal cased and metal horned opera.
The Victor The Sixth (or just "Vic 6") was Victor's most elegant external horn phonograph. First produced in 1904, this was the
first machine to receive gold plating on its parts. The table-top model is shown here on a matching cabinet.
The Barraud painting entitled "His Master's Voice" went on to become perhaps the most recognized logo in
history. It is reproduced here in a three dimensional model. It is interesting to note that the painting
was initially painted with an Edison cylinder machine, but when they were uninterested in purchasing
it, a Berliner disc phonograph was painted on top of the cylinder machine. Berliner bought the
rights to the painting, it was "inherited" by Victor, and the rest (as they say), is history.
Shown here is a cylinder shipping box that was used by Edison to ship cylinders to their dealers.
