Phonograph Socks
Description: Zonophone (early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone) was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey, by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company but was applied to records and machines sold by Seaman's Universal Talking Machine Company from 1899 to 1903. The name was subsequently acquired by Columbia Records, the Victor Talking Machine Company, and finally the Gramophone Company/EMI Records. It has been used for a number of record publishing labels by these companies.
Description: Feel the rhythm of the afterlife with this dark gothic gramophone creation. A detailed anatomical human heart forms the horn of a classic record player, surrounded by flying bats and sinewy veins. Perfect for goth music fans, vinyl collectors, and anyone who appreciates macabre aesthetics and eerie melodies.
Description: Nipper was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness used across record labels, consumer electronics and entertainment retail. In 1898, three years after Nipper's death, Francis Barraud, the brother of Nipper's original owner, painted a picture of the dog listening intently to an Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph. He had recalled that Nipper had often appeared "puzzled ... to make out where the voice came from" when a phonograph was playing.
Description: Pathé introduced a line of "needle-cut" records, at first only for the USA market in 1920. The needle-cut records were laterally-cut discs designed to be compatible with standard phonographs, and they were labelled Pathé Actuelle. In the following year, these "needle-cut" records were introduced in the United Kingdom and within a few more years they were selling more than the vertical Pathés, even on the continent. Attempts to market the Pathé vertical-cut discs abroad were abandoned in 1925, though they continued to sell in France until 1932.
Description: Nipper (c. 1884 – September 1895) was a dog from England. He is best known as the subject of His Master's Voice (1898), painted posthumously by his second owner, Francis Barraud. The painting became an international entertainment trademark, with Nipper's likeness used across record labels, consumer electronics and entertainment retail.
Description: An iconic retro design featuring Nipper the dog listening to a vintage phonograph horn above classical "Victor" serif typography. Celebrating Victor Talking Machine Company (RCA Victor), one of the most famous and historic record labels in American music history. Perfect for shellac and 78rpm collectors, antique gramophone fans, music nerds, and classic vinyl record store lovers. Ideal for t-shirts, hoodies, vinyl stickers, poster prints, and tote bags.
Description: Edison Bell was an English company that was the first distributor and an early manufacturer of gramophones and gramophone records. The company survived through several incarnations, becoming a top producer of budget records in England through the early 1930s until, after it was absorbed by Decca in 1932, production of various Edison Bell labels ceased.
Description: Guitars and Instruments: Used by manufacturers like Taylor Guitars as a synthetic compound mixed with ebony shavings for tuning machine buttons, and by National in the 1930s as a black celluloid finish or fingerboard substitute.Early Audio Recordings: Refers to the 5-minute phonograph cylinders and rare 10-inch disc records produced by the Premier Manufacturing Company (associated with Clarion) around 1909.Plastics and Bakelite: Historically used to describe hard black plastics, similar to Bakelite or vulcanized rubber, utilized in items like vintage pipe stems and trim.
Description: Record and Tape Traders was founded in 1977, initially operating out of a house in Towson, Maryland, the store sold new and used music, and as the name alludes to, bought, sold, and traded music as well. The store eventually outgrew their residential digs, moving into their Towson retail location, and further expanding over the years to have eight other locations, including Charles Village, Frederick, Bel Air, Catonsville, Westminster, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Like all too many traditional record stores, internet sales and streaming services began taking their toll, and one by one the stores were closed or sold until one remained.
Description: Ebonoid is a synthetic or trade material used historically as a black, hard substitute for ebony wood or celluloid, and as a brand name for early 20th-century phonograph records. Guitars and Instruments: Used by manufacturers like Taylor Guitars as a synthetic compound mixed with ebony shavings for tuning machine buttons, and by National in the 1930s as a black celluloid finish or fingerboard substitute.Early Audio Recordings: Refers to the 5-minute phonograph cylinders and rare 10-inch disc records produced by the Premier Manufacturing Company (associated with Clarion) around 1909.Plastics and Bakelite: Historically used to describe hard black plastics, similar to Bakelite or vulcanized rubber, utilized in items like vintage pipe stems and
Description: Edison Bell was an English company that was the first distributor and an early manufacturer of gramophones and gramophone records. The company survived through several incarnations, becoming a top producer of budget records in England through the early 1930s until, after it was absorbed by Decca in 1932, production of various Edison Bell labels ceased.
Description: His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd. The phrase was coined in the late 1890s from the title of a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, which depicted a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone and tilting his head.
Description: Montreal Music Event 2026 Jazz Performance The visual content displays the musical spirit of Quebec with a skyline including local architectural silhouettes. Multiple musical instruments are arranged alongside maple leaves, including a saxophone, a trumpet, an upright bass, a microphone, and a piano keyboard. A phonograph record rests at the bottom, referencing the year 2026. Bold lettering communicates the event details while various musical notes float around the central area of this Montreal representation.
Description: The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America.
Description: Peter Pan Records was a record label specializing in children's music. The label was introduced to the public in March 1948. The label was owned by the Synthetic Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey until the 1970s. The label became one of the largest and most successful children's specialty record labels in America, manufacturing releases that often contrasted with those of their competitors (Wonderland Records, Kid Stuff Records, and Mr. Pickwick). Peter Pan enjoyed their greatest success as a children's label during the 1950s. Many of their most famous releases were issued on 78-RPM 7 and 10-inch records and on 45-RPM 7-inch records. Both songs (such as a cover version of "Frosty the Snowman") and stories (such as a heavily abridged ve
