Silvertone Portola
Datec. 1930
DimensionsOverall: 18.8 x 37.5 x 30 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. David Dicks, 2002.
Object number2002.016.001
Label TextThis is a circa 1930 Silvertone Portola hand-cranked phonograph. Even a person who already owned a phonograph could rationalize buying this model, too. It is portable! Sears Roebuck introduced the brand name “Silvertone” in 1915, the year it began selling hand-cranked phonographs.
NamePhonograph
c. 1919
c. 1880-1910
1939-1945
1920s
