graphophone

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But five- and six-piece dance bands were turning out huge piles of graphophone records, and we tried to buy them all.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

There was an excellent musical library at Storm, and the best records to be had for the graphophone were sent to her regularly.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

His explanations of the presence of the graphophone in this inner office were feeble and contradictory.

From Three Thousand Dollars by Green, Anna Katharine

A graphophone, with records of Melba, Sembrich, Caruso, and other operatic stars, made the rounds of a menagerie.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

One day a graphophone agent called at the house and the family became much interested in one of his musical machines.

From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)