Miss Columbia and The Phonograph
The Phonograph and
other ads featuring Miss Columbia
Doug Boilesen, 2021
Columbia as a symbol of America
is seen in many popular culture examples.
As the namesake of the Columbia
Phonograph Company, the phonograph connections with Miss Columbia
are primarily with the Columbia Graphophone and Columbia Records.
This gallery starts with the Columbia
phonograph connections and then adds some examples from her other
popular culture associations.
Columbia Gold Moulded Cylinder
Records catalogue for 1907 (Courtesy Phonorama.fr)
"Miss Columbia
Celebrates the Fourth" - The Ladies' Home Journal,
July, 1919 - artwork by Rolf Armstrong (PM-0864)
Columbia with her Sacred Flag,
1861
The Stars and Stripes Forever,
The Words by a Lady. Music by William J. Lemon. Lee & Walker, 722
Chesnut St., Philadelphia, 1861. Engraver, Lithographer, Artist
T. Sinclair's Lith. Phila. (Source:
The
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection).
The Edison Phonograph
Monthly, July 1916
"Columbia as the Spirit
of the Frontier, carrying telegraph lines across the Western
frontier to fulfill manifest destiny." American
Progress by John Gast, 1872 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Columbia Advertising for Jas. S. Kirk
& Co. Soap Makers, Chicago, Trade card, 1893
1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Souvenir Booklet - Kingsford's Oswego Starch. Lithograph by Forbes
Co., Boston (Disclaimer)
1893 Worlds
Fair Columbian Exposition Souvenir Die Cut Needle Case with
Miss Columbia.
Uncle Sam and Columbia Awakening
from a Midsummer Night's Dream, by Victor Gillam, Judge,
1893
"Columbia's Easter
Bonnet" by S.D. Ehrhart, Puck, April 6, 1901
"The Star"
for Star Talking Machines and Records," The Talking Machine
World, January 1909.
Some features of Miss Columbia but
distinctly named "The Star" to represent Star Talking
Machines and Records and avoid any infringement with Columbia
Phonograph's trademark.
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