General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

7

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Black grooved synthetic disk, with a black and gold paper label.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

25.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Berliner

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1975 -1985

Canada

This particular example of the Granada was originally owned by Mania Finkelstein, who used it to play popular music and a large collection of Jewish (Hebrew, Yiddish and other language) recordings. After her death in 1975, the phonograph was inherited by her stepson, Mr. Moe Segal. A prominent member of the Ottawa Jewish community, Mr. Segal occasionally played records on the machine over the next ten years.

Function

To play back audio signals .A record disk for the Granada Orthophonic Victrola, with different Jewish song recorded on other side of the disk.

Technical

Recording disk allowed a person to hear performances away from the original occurrence and as often as desired.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's label [side one]:"COPYRIGHT/REG'D/AG., DEP'T./"His Master's Voice"/Victor/ Hebrew/Soprano/[Hebrew script]/Die New York Treren (Altman)/Frances Simonoff/with ochestra/16599-A/(71) - 90¢/BERLINER GRAM-O-PHONE CO. LIMITED.MONTREAL/THIS RECORD IS PRESSED FROM VITOR TALKING MACHINE CO. MATRICES./FOR SALE & USE IN CANADA ONLY. /SOLD UNDER CONDITIONS PRINTED ON ENVELOPE." Mfr's label [side two]:""COPYRIGHT/REG'D/AG., DEP'T./"His Master's Voice"/Victor/ Hebrew Tenor/[Hebrew script]/Oi is dos a Mame (Mogulesko)/Solomon Small/with ochestra/1699-B/(71)-90¢/BERLINER GRAM-O-PHONE CO. LIMITED.MONTREAL/THIS RECORD IS PRESSED FROM VITOR TALKING MACHINE CO. MATRICES./FOR SALE & USE IN CANADA ONLY. /SOLD UNDER CONDITIONS PRINTED ON ENVELOPE."

Missing

Nothing is missing.

Finish

Black grooved synthetic disk, with a black and gold paper label.

Decoration

None.