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Babygram Record Player
Babygram Record Player
Babygram Record Player
Image © Aberdeen City Council (Art Gallery & Museums Collections)

Babygram Record Player

Manufacturer
Datec.1931
Object NameRecord Player
Mediumwood
ClassificationsToys and Games
DimensionsOverall: Height: 43.5 cm, Width: 43.5 cm, Depth: 29.8 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1983.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS005653.1
Keywords
About MeThis wind-up babygram record player still plays. It has been decorated with transfers of nursery rhymes characters, animals and people. The babygram was donated along with three classic nursery tunes: Little Robin Redbreast, The Farmer in the Dell and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.



More About Me
In the middle years of the 20th century, music players and televisions were often disguised as items of traditional furniture.