Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Phonograph
By Doug Boilesen, 2024
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Phonograph was made by Porter Chemical Company and sold by Sears circa 1967. The phonograph's graphics and theme were based on the animated movie by Walt Disney Productions.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Electric Phonograph, Model 42000 Style 616, Two-speed 45 and 78 RPM, Walt Disney Productions, Porter Chemical Company, Hagerstown, MD, circa 1970.
Show'N Tell Picturesound
The General Electric Show'N Tell picturesound program (record and slide) was a multimedia toy which played a number of stories on records synchronized with their slides. "Snow White" was one of the Disney programs offered for the GE "Youth Electronics Product."
Snow White Show'N Tell picturesound program (record and slide), General Electric, 1964
The Braunaudio Phonosuper SK 4, 1957.
This is not a children's phonograph but is included here for because it's commonly known as "Snow White's Coffin." Braun Audio offered this machine in 1956 as their model Phonosuper SK 4. Here's how Braun Audio describes this radio-phono-combination machine that now has its place in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.This item was sold in 1956 for the first time, and it was a real innovation in a huge radiogramophones dominated market. This was a new-style radio-phono-combination, designed by Hans Gugelot and young Dieter Rams, who added the perspex hood, which reminded Gugelot of the fairy tale "Snow White’s Coffin."
We do not know whether this was a derogative title given by Hans Gugelot, but this stylistic design was a groundbreaking interpretation of design for the future.
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