Columbia Phonograph Company Window Displays (1904 – 1907)

Columbia Phonograph Company Window Displays
(1904 – 1907)

 

The Lost Art of Window Dressing,
from The Columbia Record

 

 

Rochester, New York (1906)

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Cleveland (1906)

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Langely & Winchell, Boston (1906)

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Detroit (1906)

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Atlanta (1906)

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New York (1904)

 

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Cleveland (1905)

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Kansas City (1904)

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Brooklyn (1907), with a poster advertising “A Lemon in the Garden of Love,” by Billy Murray. Although it states “Made on Cylinder Only,” Columbia soon issued Murray’s disc version as well.

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Except where noted, the stores are Columbia’s own retail locations.
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Our thanks to Steve Smolian for the loan of his rare original editions of The Columbia Record.

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