Phonograph

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 51: San Francisco Sales Office

By Nathan Moore

In Advertising History

Pictured: Edison Phonograph Advertisement by F.K. Babson [The Berkeley Gazette, March 6, 1911] and Burlington Watch Advertisement by Burlington Watch Co. [The San Francisco Call, December 21, 1911]. Starting October 1911, the Burlington Watch Company began publishing advertisements in California newspapers with references to a...

History , Illinois Watch Company

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 4: Sparks of Potential and Talking Machines

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Cover, The Talking Machine Co. Catalog, c.1898. The development of the Burlington Watch Company by Henry, Fred, and Gustavus Babson resulted from a series of events originating from the.