The phonoscope (Nov 1896-Dec 1899)

Record Details:

Title:
The phonoscope
Date:
Nov 1896-Dec 1899
Publisher:
New York : The Phonoscope Pub. Co.
Volume:
The phonoscope (November 1896-December 1899)
Leaf #:
000375
Language:
English
Collection:
Recorded Sound and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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Vol. II. No. 10 THE PHONOSCOPE a Export Business Talking-nachine Shipments Abroad as Reported by New York Custom House BRITISH WEST INDIES September 15th to October 30th 1898 ABERDEEN, Scotland Description Quantity Phonograph Goods 1 Case ANTWERP, Germany Gramophones Gramophones Phonograph Gramophones Phonograph 18 Packages 1 Case 1 Case 2 Cases 1 Case Total ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Phonograph Parts Gramophones Phonographs Graphophones Phonograph Goods BOLIVIA Phonographs BRAZIL PhQnograph Goods Graphophone Grapliophone Goods Phonograph Goods Phonographs Grapliophone Goods Phonographs Graphophones Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophones BREHEN, Germany Phonograph Goods Plion 'graph 1 Case 2 Cases 21 Cases 69 Packages 12 Cases Total 1 Case Total 1 Case 1 Case Total BRITISH AUSTRALIA Gramophone Goods Gramophone Goods Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophones Graphophones Gramophones Phonograph Goods Gramophone Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods BRITISH EAST INDIES Phonograph Goods 4 Packages Phonographs Gramophone Goods Graphophone Goods 23 Packages 2 Cases 4 Cases Total BRITISH HONDURAS Phonograph Goods Phonograph Phonograph Goods Graphophones 7 Packages 1 Case 125 Boxes 30 Cases Value $10 00 798 00 150 00 44 00 60 00 16 00 $1,068 00 30 00 32 00 325 00 820 00 933 00 $2,140 00 200 00 $200 00 8 Cases 227 00 1 Case 33 00 1 Case 45 00 2 Packages 10 00 4 Cases 240 00 1 Case 25 00 12 Cases 405 00 1 Case 45 00 7 Cases 140 00 1 Case 200 00 8 Packages 189 00 4 Cases 153 00 Total $1,712 00 108 00 25 00 $133 00 2 Packages 267 00 3 Packages 119 00 8 Cases 468 00 19 Packages 905 00 1 Case 56 00 11 Packages 465 00 7 Cases 389 00 8 Packages 225 00 2 Packages 32 00 8 Cases 400 00 1 Case 23 00 28 Cases 1,016 00 14 Packages 181 00 Total $4,546 00 45 00 580 00 219 00 177 00 $1,021 00 90 00 30 00 1,851 00 1,250 00 Total $3,221 00 BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN AFRICA Phonographs Phonogiaph Goods *Gra'phones Phonograph Goods 19 Cases 5 Cases 4 Cases 3 Cases Total 491 00 138 00 500 00 35 00 Graphophones Gramophones Gramophone Goods CHILI Records Gramophones Gramophone Goods Gramophone Goods CHINA Graphophones Gramophone Goods 2 Cases 2 Cases 3 Cases Total 5 Cases 21 Cases 1 Case 2 Cases Total 36 Cases 1 Case Total CHRISTIANIA, Norway MANCHESTER, England *Gra'phones Graphophone Goods $1,164 00 30 Cases 4 Packages Total 36 00 54 00 37 00 $127 00 350 00 550 00 96 00 200 00 $1,196 00 999 00 4 00 $1,003 00 Graphophones 1 Case $70 00 CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey Gramophones 7 Cases $875 00 COPENHAGEN, Denmark Phonographs 3 Cases $60 00 CUBA Graphophone Goods 1 Case $31 00 DANISH WEST INDIES Gramophone Goods 1 Case $15 00 DUTCH GUIANA Phonogiaph Goods 2 Cases $71 00 ECQUADOR Graphophones Gramophone 1 Case 1 Case 79 00 25 00 Total $104 00 GENOA, Italy Phonograph Goods 2 Cases $38 00 GLASGOW, Scotland *Gr' phones 3 Cases $4-29 00 HAMBURG, (Germany) Graphophones Phonographs Phonograph Goods Gramophone Goods Graphophone Goods Phonographs Phonographs Phonogiaph Goods Graphophones Phonographs Grapliophone Phonograph Goods Graphophone 6 Cases 3 Cases 18 Packages 1 Case 2 Cases 8 Cases 19 Cases 4 Packages 6 Packages 39 Packages 5 Packages 4 Cases 10 Packages 117 00 90 00 653 00 12 00 200 00 520 00 2,160 00 70' 00 265 00 1,125 00 555 Oo 100 00 245 00 Total $6,112 00 HAVRE, France Graphophones Graphophones Graphophones Graphophones Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Gramophone Graphophones 7 Cases 9 Cases 105 Packages 4 Cases 17 Packages 16 Cases 1 Box 19 Cases 448 00 1,775 00 2,975 00 1,000 00 312 00 2,100 00 20 00 1,375 00 Total $10,005 00 LONDON, England Phonographs Phonograph Goods Phonographs Phonographs Phonographs Phonographs Phonograph Goods 3 Cases 4 Cases 647 Cases 329 Cases 4 Cases 53 Cases 27 Cases 65 00 43 00 14,600 00 17,395 00 1,200 00 2,525 00 1,350 00 Total $37,178 00 1,300 00 95 00 $1,395 00 HEXICO Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Gramophone Graphophone Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Gramophone Goods NEW ZEALAND Phonograph Goods OPORTO, Portugal Phonograph PERU Gramophones Gramophones Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophones Gramophones 4 Cases 2 Packages 1 Case 1 Case 12 Packages 4 Cases 1 Case Total 31 Packages 1 Case 1 Case 1 Case 31 Packages 1 Case 2 Packages 4 Cases ROTTERDAM, Holland Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Phonograph Goods Total 2 Cases 1 Case 2 Cases 95 00 44 00 21 00 135 00 391 00 55 00 16 00 $757 00 $796 00 $38 00 85 00 60 00 130 00 22 00 141 00 70 00 $508 00 13 00 19 00 15 00 Total 1 Package SAN DOfllNGO Phonograph Goods SIAH Graphophones ST. PETERSBURG, Russia Phonograph Goods 5 Cases URUGUAY Graphophone Goods Phonographs Gramophone Goods 2 Cases 6 Cases 4 Cases 1 Case Total UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Phonograph Goods Phonographs Graphophones Phonograph Goods VENEZUELA Phonograph Outfit Phonograph Goods Phonograph Goods 6 Packages 1 Case 1 Package 1 Case 15 Cases 1 Case 2 Cases Total 1 Case 4 Cases 4 Packages Total $47 00 $25 00 $100 00 $220 00 87 00 107 00 24 00 $218 00 200 00 16 00 10 00 50 00 418 00 70 00 20 00 $784 00 183 00 62 00 93 00 $338 00 $79,679 00 OVERLAND SHIPHENTS JAPAN (via San Francisco) Graphophones 67 Cases / Graphophone Goods 37 Bbls. f £2,500 0 SUHMARY Phonograph Goods Graphophone Goods Gramophone Goods Records Doubtful Grand Total 55,633 00 20,063 00 3,904 00 350 00 2,229 00 £82,179 00 *Owing to certain abbreviations and inaccuracies in the reports furnished by the Custom House it is impossible to determine, in this instance, whether Graphophones or Gramophones are intended to be specified. Abbreviations are here given verbatim as issued by Custom House officials. flew Corporations Polyphone Company, Chicago, 111., capital, $1,800. Manufacture Talkingmachines, etc.; Incorporators, Lewis N. Curtis, H. M. Munday, Edmund Adcock. The Inteinational Talking-Machine Company, principal office, Washington, D. C. Capital subscribed, $500; amountpaid in, $500; capital authorized, $5,000,000. Incorporators, Geo. W, Goniber, Wra. T. FitzGerald, Edwin E. Overholt, A. G. Miller, John M. Wiley, Washington , D. C.