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Phonograph Player. This wind-up Victrola was sold in 1925 by the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada. It displays the well known "His Master's Voice" logo inside the top cover. The local distributor for this popular model was the John Raper Piano Co. of Ottawa. In this era the wind-up cabinet-model Victrolas were priced from $110 to $250. This prized artifact was received from an out-of-province supporter of Fairbairn House, and a descendant of prominent early settlers in the Gatineau hills. (
Phonograph Player. This wind-up Victrola was sold in 1925 by the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada. It displays the well known "His Master's Voice" logo inside the top cover. The local distributor for this popular model was the John Raper Piano Co. of Ottawa. In this era the wind-up cabinet-model Victrolas were priced from $110 to $250. This prized artifact was received from an out-of-province supporter of Fairbairn House, and a descendant of prominent early settlers in the Gatineau hills.
(Photo - Dan McCorkell)