Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C,…

January 1889 CE

Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C, on January 22, 1889.

Founded in 1887 by stenographer, lawyer and New Jersey native Edward D. Easton (1856–1915) and a group of investors, it derives its name from the District of Columbia, where it is headquartered.

At first it has a local monopoly on sales and service of Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Delaware.



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