[LB035209], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Edison Phonograph Works, December 21st, 1889
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- Title
- [LB035209], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Edison Phonograph Works, December 21st, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- Mr. Edison desires you to prepare at once latest type phonographs (water motor) for presentation as follows:-- One (1) for JOSEF HOFMANN, with plate as follows: "This phonograph is presented to Josef Hofmann by its Inventor, Edison (insert date) 1889."##One (1) for the Czar of Russia, with plate as follows: "This phonograph is presented to His Imperial Majesty, ALEXANDER III, Emperor of Russia, by its inventor, Edison (fill in date) 1889."##Two (2) for the Postal Administration of Germany, with plate as follows: "This phonograph is presented to the Imperial Postal Museum, Berlin, Germany, by its Inventor, Edison, (Insert date) 1889." Plate on each machine. ##With the German Postal Administration machines, Mr. Edison wants you to send 50 first class musical cylinders, and 150 blank phonograms; also a supply of the necessary renewal parts.##With the machines for young Hofman and the Czar of Russia, you are to send with each two dozen first class musical phonograms and 50 blanks.##When those machines are ready for shipment, please inform us, and we will send you the necessary shipping instructions." Yours very truly, AO Tate
- Author
- Tate, Alfred Ord
- Recipient
- Edison Phonograph Works
- Mentioned
- Imperial Postal Museum (Germany)
- Hofmann, Josef Casimir
- Alexander III (Russia)
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-12-21
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- International business operations
- Sales and service
- Cylinder phonograph
- Cylinder recordings
- Cylinder record and duplicating technology
- Folder ID
- LB035-F
- Microfilm ID
- 140:82
- Document ID
- LB035209
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 140
- Item sets
- [LB035-F] LB-035 (Dec 1889-Jan 1890)