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
Their mother had recently taken both girls to a near-by city for their first taste of grand opera, completing the effect by the purchase of a graphophone and opera records.
From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
He could express himself only at the keyboard, and the piano is no graphophone, for which let us all be duly thankful.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard
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 Eleanor Mercein Kelly
One day a graphophone agent came to the house and the family became interested in one of his musical machines.
From Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls by Jean Turner-Zimmermann
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