Victrola Display

La Porte County Historical Society

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Victrola Display

One of our displays features early radios, phonographs, and televisions.
The first phonographs played cylinder-type records. Victrola was a brand
name of one phonograph maker, but the word is often used generically to
describe all early crank-style phonographs. The display features a 'morning
glory' horn resembling the flower. More recent items in the display include a

Radio Shack TRS-80 computer from the 1980's, one of the first home computers

available.

Also exhibited is a telephone switchboard operator's desk from the South Shore Railroad office building in Michigan City. To the right of it is a replica of the 1892 Almon Strowger direct-dial telephone that was first tested in La Porte and which lead to the elimination of "Hello" girls.

La Porte County Historical Society Museum
2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1
La Porte, IN 46350
Tel: 219/324-6767
Fax: 219/324-9029

Admission Charge: La Porte County Adult Residents $3
Out-of-county Adult Residents $5
Children/Students 12-17 $3
Commercial bus tour participants $3

Children under 12, La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. members
Time Traveler affiliates, School Tours FREE

OPEN TO PUBLIC
Tuesday thru Saturday
10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M
Handicapped accessible

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