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Issued in 1896 at $25.00, this model was the first to be called "the Columbia" (December 1st 1896 catalog).  It is also the last machine to wear in the inside of the cover the Bell & Tainter patents label.

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September, 1897 Catalog.  The Graphophone, Indiana Graphophone Co., Spear & Co., General Agents, 907, 908, 909, 910 and 911 Stevenson Building, Indiana, Ind.

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