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Description

Physical description

Decca gramophone and 32 records stored inside a wooden box originally for ammunition, inside the wooden box are four narrow slot compartments for storing records and a larger square compartment for the gramophone, the gramophone itself has a hinged lid and a carrying handle. There is additionally a spare Dulcephone stylus and a small tin of 9 rusty needles. The 32 gramophone record titles include: - Silver Ballet - Arlette - The Lilac Domino - Oh Lovely Night - Spanish No.8 - Henry Will Dance - The Bing Boys On Broadway - Bubbly Have You Forgotten - Caprice Viennois Kriesler - The Maid Of The Mountains - Bubbly Selection - I've Always Got Time To Talk To You - Ballet Egytien Suite - Cheep: Where The Two Black Eyed Susan's Crow - Pamela: Selection 2 - Chu-Chin-Chow (x2) - Over There - Pamela - Old Nick - Down Texas Way - Variations - Love In Arcady - Sincerity - Ballet Egyptien No.3 - Yes, Uncle - Prelude In C Sharp Minor - Die Meistersinger Overture - Someday I'll Make You Love Me - Don't Know The Way To - Music Box Rag: Foxtrot - First Love, Last Love, Best Love

History note

'Trench gramophone', associated with the First World War service of C R Tobitt. Tobitt was commissioned into King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in 1915 and transferred to Royal Engineers (RE) 1916, serving with 62 Field Company at Ypres, Arras, Messines, Somme, St Quentin and La Madeleine. The gramophone accompanied 62 Field Company to all these places. There was a drill for obtaining new records for the gramophone which required each Officer going on leave to the UK to bring back a record requested by the Mess or as the result of having seen a Show whilst on leave (such as Maid Of The Mountains). When the Company broke up the gramophone was 'drawn for' and won by C R Tobitt. It was sent on to his home in England as 'officers surplus kit'.

Object Details

Category

Souvenirs and ephemera

Related period

First World War (association)

Creator

Decca

Materials

whole: wood

whole: metal

whole: paper

whole: leather

whole: vinyl

whole: synthetic fibre

Dimensions

Record (small): Depth 245 mm., Height 3 mm., Width 245 mm.

Gramophone: Height 250 mm.

Wooden Box: Height 360 mm.

Record (large): Height 3 mm.

whole: Depth 291 mm., Depth 305 mm., Depth 345 mm., Width 255 mm., Width 305 mm., Width 590 mm.

Catalogue number

EPH 7660

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Tobitt, Cyril Richmond
Associated events

Western Front, First World War

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