Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division

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109 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Emile Berliner worked here while employed by American Bell Telephone. The building is also known…

Berliner Acoustic Tile

A close-up view of the Berliner device designed to remove acoustic defects from an auditorium. Hollow spaces beneath the wall…

Berliner Gramophone Company

Berliner Gramophone Company, 10th & Lombard St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Berliner Gramophone Pamphlet

Pamphlet containing descriptions of the gramophone, its history, and its purpose. The back cover includes prices for several different products, n.d.

Berliner Gramophone Pamphlet

Pamphlet containing descriptions of the gramophone, its history, and its purpose. The back cover includes prices for several different products,…

Berliner, Emile and Cora

Berliner, Emile ca. 1900-1910

Portrait of Emile Berliner, ca. 1900-1910

Berliner, Emile in later years

Portrait of Emile Berliner in later years, n.d.

Berliner, Emile, 1872

Portrait of Emile Berliner in 1872.

Berliner, Emile, ca. 1875

Portrait of Emile Berliner, ca. 1875.

Berliner's Award Certificate for the Franklin Medal

Award certificate for Emile Berliner's Franklin Medal, May 15, 1929. Awarded by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA.

Berliner's Gramophone Advertisement

Advertisement of Berliner's gramophone featuring girl sitting while playing gramophone. Verso: handwritten list of band music and recitations, July 29,…

Berliner's wishes for after his death

A handwritten statement by Emile Berliner detailing the type of funeral he wishes and offering a closing note to his…

Berliner's Award Certificate for the Franklin Medal

Award certificate for Emile Berliner's Franklin Medal, May 15, 1929. Awarded by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA.

Berliner's Gramophone Advertisement

Advertisement of Berliner's gramophone featuring girl sitting while playing gramophone. Verso: handwritten list of band music and recitations, July 29,…

Berliner's Gramophone Shop

Berliner's Gram-o-phone shop, 2315-2316 St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Canada. n.d.

Berliner's wishes for after his death

A handwritten statement by Emile Berliner detailing the type of funeral he wishes and offering a closing note to his children and grandchildren.

Early Gramophone

Early gramophone, hand cranked, 1894

Engraver and Gramophone

Two photographs of early engraver and gramophone, ca. 1888. Verso: "Please retur[n] this, EB, First Gramophone reproducing machine, used at…

Microphone of Caveat

Microphone of Caveat with mouthpiece.

Microphone of March 4, 1877

Attached caption: "Microphone of March 4, 1877, used in lawsuits in 1879. Still transmitting today the ticking of a watch…

Motorized Gramophone

Muddy Jim

Cover of a booklet containing 12 jingles on health-related topics. Printed on title page : "Learn every rhyme and be…

Muddy Jim and other Rhymes

Cover of a booklet containing 12 jingles on health-related topics. Printed on title page : "Learn every rhyme and be…

United States Gramophone Company Advertisement

United States Gramophone Company advertisement, November 1900

United States Gramophone Company Advertisement

United States Gramophone Company advertisement, November 1900.

United States Gramophone Company Catalog

United States Gramophone Company catalog, May 10, 1895

United States Gramophone Company Catalog

United States Gramophone Company catalog, May 10, 1895