In 1917, the Victor Talking Machine Company sent two of its recording experts on a phonographic expedition through Latin America and the Caribbean. On this ledger, the experts recorded various performers and pieces they encountered.
Creators: George Cheney and Charles Althouse
Date of Creation: 1917
Place of origin: From Camden, NJ to Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and back to Camden, NJ.
Physical measurements: 12″ x 7″, 380 pp.
Materials: Paper, ink
Process by which it was made: Handwriting
Current location: SONY Archives, New York City.
Further Reading
Gronow, Pekka. “The Record Industry: The Growth of a Mass Medium.” Popular Music 3 (1983): 53–75.
Katz, Mark. Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Rev. ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Schmidt Horning, Susan. Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Taylor, Timothy D., Mark Katz, and Tony Grajeda, eds. Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary History of Early Phonograph, Cinema, and Radio. Durham; London: Duke University Press, 2012.
Information contributed by Sergio Ospina Romero.