1920s antique portable suitcase wind-up phonograph made by the Victor Talking For Sale
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1920s antique portable suitcase wind-up phonograph made by the Victor Talking: $169.00
The Victor Talking Machine Company made these sound players in Camden, New Jersey, starting in the early twentieth century. They were built to bring recorded music outside the home, letting people enjoy songs at picnics, parks, and holiday trips. Workers assembled the wooden cases, lined them with durable fabric covering, and fitted them with spring-driven motors and metal horns hidden inside the lids.
Families used them in the living room or carried them along on travels to play heavy shellac discs with steel needles. People wound the side crank by hand to spin the record while the metal needle traced the grooves to produce sound. Their popularity faded as electric radios and modern record players took over the market in the middle decades of the twentieth century.
