Talk-O-Phone

Talk-O-Phone A disc record player (sometimes spelled Talkaphone) marketed in the U.K. by the Talkophone Syndicate (established July 1903 in London), and in the U.S. by the Talk-o-Phone Co. of Toledo, Ohio (established 1904). By January 1905 the headquarters was in New York City, and there were branches in Chicago and San Francisco. A.L. Irish was president and treasurer, C.G. Metzger was vice president, and R.A. Fuller and O.C. Reed were directors. The price of the American product, shown in an…