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Victrola Display
One of our displays features early radios, phonographs, and televisions.
The first phonographs played cylinder-type records. Victrola was a brand
name of one phonograph maker, but the word is often used generically to
describe all early crank-style phonographs. The display features a 'morning
glory' horn resembling the flower. The museum staff will gladly play two of the
phonographs on display.
A large 1930's console radio is featured, with a 'radio bench' placed directly
in front of it. The bench was made by Carpen Furniture in Michigan City. In the
days before television, one would sit in front of the radio to listen to the often
live performances of comedy or drama programs that required only a radio
and the imagination of the listener to come alive.
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