Playwell portable phonograph record player, 1928.
Title
Playwell portable phonograph record player , 1928 .
Contributors
Caufield & Shook (photographer)
Description
A suitcase style wind-up portable phonograph record player sits on a draped surface . The label inside the lid reads "Playwell/Belknap Hdw . & Mfg . Co./Louisville , Ky. " The crank projects from the front of the case , within the carrying handle . Two latches are on either side of the handle . There are several dials or levers and an open grille on the surface of the open player . The needle rests on a phonograph record with a Gennett label . The recording is the song "Got Myself Another Jockey Now " from the musical Keep Shufflin ', by Thomas Wright "Fats " Waller and Andy Bazaf .
Invoice Information
Belknap Hdwe & Mfg Co , Catalogue Dept , Mr . Atkinson , Invoice Number 05374
Subject
Phonographs Sound recordings Merchandise displays Jazz
Date Original
1928-10-04
Object Type
Nitrate negatives
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. ULPA CS 095891 in the Caufield & Shook Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Caufield & Shook Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/cs/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA CS 095891
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