ABSTRACT
During the 1920s, portables became popular that were modeled after inexpensive box cameras; like these cameras, they would fold into a small, easy-to-carry box. These often featured folding leather-covered horns and took names like “Cameraphone” (from U.K.) and “Brownie” (from U.S.) in imitation of the popular folding cameras of the day. The Peter Pan Gramophone, made in England, is among the earliest
in this style, introduced in August 1923; they even built a version that incorporated a clock, with the phonograph serving as the alarm (an early form of clock-radio!) During the mid-1920s, various models were made in U.K., Germany, and Switzerland, many using mechanical movements made by Thorens.
