ABSTRACT
A firm established in 1897 by the redoubtable J.E. Hough, located at the 3 Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London. Hough had been engaged in illicit sales of Edison products, but the new company gave his occupation legitimacy through agreements with Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd. Edisonia’s letterhead presented itself as “incorporating the London Phonograph Co.” (Hough’s previous firm). Edisonia was an independent supplier of records and players for about a year, and then became a subsidiary of Edison Bell, devoted to manufacture of cylinders and phonographs as well as sales. Labels offered were London, Standard, Popular, Indestructible, and Indestructible Ebony. In 1903 a factory-Edisonia Works-was set up in Peckham, and gold molded records were made there. There was also a show room at 20 Cheapside, London, and a business office at 25-27-29 Banner Street, London.
