Edison Model “B” Home Cylinder Phonograph

Edison’s National Phonograph Company, Camden, New Jersey, c. 1888 – 1903

This phonograph was fitted with the Model ”C” reproducer, which played two-minute wax cylinders. The machine would also play four-minute cylinders when fitted with a Model “H” reproducer. The “Thomas A. Edison” trademark is visible on the bedplate of the phonograph.

Donated by M. I. Smith, 1971