Emile Berliner Scrapbook

The follwing images from the Library of Congress can be found online in the American Memory exhibit Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry This exhibit scanned one of Berliner's scrapbooks in its entirety, #14120101 (digital ID: berl 14120101) and the images below are from that scrapbook.

"A wonderful invention--speech capable of indefinite repetition from automatic records [Scientific American, 1877 Nov. 17] Image 6 of 181
"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181
"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181

"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181
"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181
"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181
"New method on sound reproduction--Berliner's Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 10 of 181

"On some possible methods for the preparation of Gramophone and telephone records" [The Electrical World, 1888 July 14] Image 10 of 181 - Figures only
"On some possible methods for the preparation of Gramophone and telephone records" [The Electrical World, 1888 July 14] Image 10 of 181
"On some possible methods for the preparation of Gramophone and telephone records" [The Electrical World, 1888 July 14] Image 10 of 181 - Figures only
"On some possible methods for the preparation of Gramophone and telephone records" [The Electrical World, 1888 July 14] Image 10 of 181

"The Graphophone, Mr. Charles Sumner Tainter's New Speech Recorder" [The Electrical World, 1888 July 14] Image 20 of 181
The Gramophone [The Manufacturer and Builder, 1888 Feb.] Image 21 of 181
The Gramophone [The Manufacturer and Builder, 1888 Feb.] Image 21 of 181
[Photograph of gramophone, ca. 1888] Image 22 of 181

"Etching the voice--remarkable performance by the Berliner Gramophone" [Ledger, 1888 May 17] Image 23 of 181
"The improved Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1888 Aug. 18] Image 23 of 181
"The improved Gramophone" [The Electrical World, 1888 Aug. 18] Image 23 of 181
reproducer 1888 and recorder 1887

Berliner's Gramophone [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 32 of 181
Berliner's Gramophone [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 32 of 181
Berliner's Gramophone [The Electrical World, 1887 Nov. 12] Image 32 of 181
The Gramophone--the new talking machine [Scientific American, 1896 May 16] Image 39 of 181

Advertisement for the Gramophone [Scientific American, 1896 May 16] Image 39 of 181
Advertisement for the Gramophone [Scientific American, 1896 May 16] Image 39 of 181
The Multiphone [Scientific American, 1899 Apr. 1] Image 41 of 181
Photograph of recording apparatus, [1889-1890] Image 45 of 181

Recording Technology History | Early Gramophone | More Berliner images | this page revised 7/10/02 by Schoenherr