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OBJECT HISTORY: Paramount Records Power Wheel

Located near the heart of Grafton, WI, a rusted power wheel sits on the steep west bank of the Milwaukee River. Despite its corroded appearance, this metal device once powered an entire factory responsible for pressing popular shellac records. The history of…

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December 29, 2020

Disc-cutting lathe, 1930s.

Grafton / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Ozaukee County / Related Stories / Paramount Records 78 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1920-1940 / Region 8 - South East

The Record Production Process

Paramount Record’s parent company, the United Phonographic Corporation, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Chair Company, decided to begin recording and pressing records to include with their phonograph cabinets in the early 1920s. Paramount initially recorded in studios throughout the United States. They…

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August 24, 2018