- Manufactured by
- Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901 - 1929
- Owned by
- McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982
- Date
- 1927-1928
- Medium
- wood with metal and plastic and felt
- Dimensions
- H x W (Closed): 8 × 12 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (20.3 × 32.4 × 35.9 cm)
- H x W (Open): 7 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 28 7/8 in. (19.1 × 32.4 × 73.3 cm)
- H x W (Open (slightly over 90 degrees)): 18 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 21 in. (47 × 32.4 × 53.3 cm)
- Description
- A portable Victrola phonograph. The exterior of the phonograph is wood and has some chipping. The machine is a case that opens up on a hinge. The speaker is on the front outside of the phonograph. The interior of the phonograph is orange and contains the working parts of the machine. The case holds a yellow brown felt turntable, tone arm, support bracket, brake, motorboard lifting knob and screws, needle, crank, speed regulator and a soundbox. The soundbox reads: [Victrola 4 / Victor Talking Machine Co. / Camden, N.J. / U.S.A.] The crank snaps into a holder on the top of the interior. The Victor Victrola phonograph logo with the dog is also on the interior, top portion of the machine. Underneath the turntable, a metal plate reads: [VV2 30 25215]. There is also a card that reads: [4931 Inspected Part 18447 / Cabinet / Mach.Equip. / Elec. Equip.] The card has a black ink mark running through the Mach. Equip. line. There are numbers written in pencil in some of the fields of the card.
- Place collected
- Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- phonographs
- Topic
- American West
- Black interiors
- Domestic life
- Families
- Music
- Recreation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob and Sherri Brennan in memory of Vernon Sugg McDonald
- Object number
- 2014.316.4.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




