Vitaphone Records photograph featuring Tess Horaty Facsimile

United States, c. 1928

Courtesy George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images

Object On display

Vitaphone Records
(Original Caption) Our photo shows Miss Tess Horaty checking up on Vitaphone Records at the company’s place in Chicago. Since the installation of the machines in various theaters it is extremely hard for the Vitaphone company to meet the supply and demand for the records.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

Production places
United States
Production dates
c. 1928

Appears in

Group of items

Vitaphone discs

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

P180363

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-05. Sound and Colour → MI-05-C02

Measurements

357 x 260mm

Object Types

2D Object

Exhibition Prop

Photographic print/Pictorial

Materials

Digital print

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