A little light on lamp phonographs

SEPT., 2004
COPYRIGHT 2004 LYNN BILTON

The Fairy
Fairy Phonograph Lamp Company, (later the Endlessgraph Company),
Chicago, Illinois.

"Appealing to the eye as well as the ear," said its inventor, roman Gonset, a native of Alberta, Canada. The Fairy Phonograph Lamp came in two sizes, A and B, and a variety of finishes. It boasted three light sockets.
A Wolf Endless appears in a Chicago business directory during the years of manufacture.
Beginning in the 1880s, a "fairy lamp" had come to mean a domed lamp with candle insert.


Fairy Phonograph Lamp in wood grain finish.
-Phonographs With Flair. Courtesy George Paul and Tim Fabrizio.

The Lampograph
Trademarked 1918, Frank Feraud, Granite City, Illinois.
Manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri.


Floor model Lampograph.
-Phonographs With Flair. Courtesy George Paul and Tim Fabrizio.

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