Talk-o-Phone Identification Guide

This article is part of the ANTIQUE PHONOGRAPH, GRAMOPHONE AND TALKING MACHINE IDENTIFICATION GUIDES.
SEE ALSO: Our listings of outside horn talking machines for sale.

Talk-o-phone was an independent company based in Toledo, Ohio between around 1903-1908. No factory records or brochures have ever been discovered, and model identification rests primarily upon one known catalogue with dimensions and prices. Models of unknown designation continue to appear.

See also: Talk-o-Phone motors and reproducers.

Herbert Talk-o-Phone
Courtesy Norman and Janyne Smith

Brooke Talk-o-Phone
Courtesy Norman and Janyne Smith

Ennis Talk-o-Phone
Courtesy Norman and Janyne Smith

Clarke Talk-o-Phone
Courtesy Norman and Janyne Smith

Sousa Talk-o-Phone, with eagles

Sousa Talk-o-Phone, rear mount

Model unknown, case style of Standard Talking Machine Model L

Model unknown, beaded case

Premium Talk-o-Phone
Courtesy Larry Schlick

Vicki Young
Box 435
Randolph,OH 44265
330 325-7866

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