By Doug Boilesen 2024

The Clubb Song Illustrator was invented by Harry H. Clubb as an attachment for open horn talking machines to provide magic lantern views which illustrate songs. A screen is hung in front of the horn where the 'views' can be seen by means of a "powerful lantern" attached to the rear of the machine. Clubb is promoting this machine as something talking machine dealers can use to advertise their records and machines, but also see this machine as a home entertainment device.

The Picture-Disc Company of Los Angeles will begin with a catalog of twenty films and plan to then bring out new films each month for the new monthly released records.

 

"New Club Song Illustrator," The Talking Machine World, July 1911

 

The Clubb song illustrator was "a center of interest for hundreds of Milwaukee people..." The Talking Machine World, July 1911

 

The Clubb Song Illustrator - The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, October 1911.

 

The Adaptor Illustrator by The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, August 1912.

 

The Adaptor with Columbia, The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, October 1912.

 

The Adaptor as an Automatic Illustrator - "The Machine that tells a Story, The Picture-Disc Company, The Talking Machine World, November 1912.

 

The International PhonoScope Co.,The Talking Machine World, May 15, 1912