Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Grooves
Queen Mary's Dollhouse

Title:

God Save the King

Artist:

Peter Dawson

Date:

1924

Material:

Shellac, paper label, paper sleeve

Dimensions:

1⅓ in. (34 mm)

Company:

The Gramophone Company Ltd

Location:

Hayes, Middlesex, England

78 rpm record for the miniature gramophone in Queen Mary's Dollhouse (Queen Mary was the consort to King George V). Reputedly the smallest working gramophone record ever made, it was one of six recorded under the HMV (His Master's Voice) label. It contained 10 seconds of audio. The dollhouse was shown at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and was extremely popular. Replicas of the record were sold to the public at HMV retail stores (Handy 2021, 5).

References
Handy, Zoe. 2021. "Queen Mary's Doll's House Miniatures". Doll's Houses Past and Present, No. 34, Dec. 2021.

Miniature 3.4 mm record of God Save the King for dolls house gramophone