A Gallery of Two-Minute Wax Cylinders


Light brown wax.
Medium brown wax.
Dark brown wax.
Dark grey wax; early molded cylinder.
Black wax; labelled molded cylinder.

Edison cylinder cartons.


Edison carton and cylinder, 1899.
Close-up of the carton's left face; right face.
Edison carton, molded unlabelled cylinder, and record slip, 1904.
Edison carton, molded labelled cylinder, 1908.


Columbia cylinder cartons
Columbia records were also sold through Sears-Roebuck under the name Oxford.
Close-up of an 1898 Columbia carton's front face; left face; right face.
Columbia wax cylinder

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