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Phonograph, Foreign

Graphophone Syndicate, Ltd.

This syndicate was formed in 1889 to secure the patent rights of Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Charles Sumner Tainter, and to promote the leasing of graphophones in Great Britain

International Graphophone Company

This company was organized in New York before 1887. It held the patent rights of Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Charles Sumner Tainter and operated a factory in Hartford, Connecticut. On August 30, 1889, Stephen F. Moriarty and Theodore Seligman became the company's European representatives. After 1890 the company had complex stock and contractual relations with the Edison United Phonograph Company, the Edison-Bell phonograph companies, and the Edison Phonograph Works.

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company

This photographic company was a partnership of George Nottage and Howard John Kennard. It acquired British rights to Edison's phonograph in March 1878.

Mexican National Phonograph Company

This company was formed in 1906, when a resident manager was appointed in Mexico City, to sell phonographs, records, and other products. The company's office in Mexico City was closed in February 1911, with provisions that local dealers would thereafter be supplied directly from West Orange. The company was legally dissolved in September 1914.
  1. National Phonograph Company, Ltd
  2. National Phonograph Company, Ltd (Australia)

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