ABSTRACT
A Chicago firm established in October 1901. It was apparently a branch of the East Liverpool China Co. (established 1901). It sold discs with the label name Standard, and Standard brand talking machines to play them. The discs had 9/16 inch spindle holes, and the record players had spindles to match. Both discs and machines were modified Columbia products. The machines came from the Bridgeport factory, some carrying that information stamped on them. The first to be marketed by Standard, ca. 1903, was identical to the Columbia AU model, with a seven-inch turntable; later there was a similar machine with a 10-inch turntable. In 1913 Standard absorbed the Great Northern Manufacturing Co., formalizing a long association. Standard was succeeded by Consolidated Talking Machine Co. of Chicago; that firm issued 10-inch records with the Standard label in March 1918. [Fabrizio 1980.]
