VANITY FAIR PHONOGRAPHS
Children's Phonographs
Vanity Fair Electronics Corp, Syosset, NY and Vanity Fair Industries, Inc. Melville, NY
Vanity Fair Phonographs were produced in the early 50's such as the 1953 Vanity Fair's Model No. 500 acoustic phonograph. Vanity Fair phonographs were made by the Vanity Fair company under different names at different time periods.
"VF Electronics Corp. produced record players 1960 and before, whereas VF Industries produced novelty record players and radios in the late 1970's to 1980's. Vanity Fair Industries, Inc is also listed as a Division of Walter Kidde and "Vanity Fair by Ertl" consumer electronic products. (Ertl is an American toy company based in Dyersville, Iowa founded in 1945 by Fred Ertl Sr., in Dubuque, Iowa). (Courtesy The RadioMuseum)
1953 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Toy Fair Catalogue
1954 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 600, 500S, and 51.
1954 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Model No. 700.
1956 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. B20 and B10
1956 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 700 and 600
1956 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 500, 502 and 900
1956 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 101 and 51
1957 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 601, 602 and PhonoZoo
1958 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Models No. 200, 559/L, 600, and 602.
Vanity Fair Electronics Corporation, Playthings -- March, 1958"
1958 Vanity Fair Phonograph Ad - Model No. 99.
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1959 Vanity Fair Phonographs - Models No 970 Magnetic Recorder, No. 607 "Riviera" and No. 42 "Disc Jockey".
Vanity Fair Electronics Corporation, Toys and Novelties -- March, 1959
Vanity Fair Model No. 400 - Four-speed.
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Vanity Fair Model No. 400 - Four-speed Box Cover.
Vanity Fair Electronics Corporation, 170 Michael Drive, Syosset, New York, Model 8607
Vanity Fair Pre-School Days Phonograph, Model No. 57.
1978 Vanity Fair "Shawn Cassidy and Parker Stevenson" of the Hardy Boys Phonograph
Vanity Fair "Shawn Cassidy and Parker Stevenson of The Hardy Boys" Phonograph, Model No. 111.
1980 Vanity Fair Phonograph The Dancing Machine, Model 300.
1980 Vanity Fair Dancing Machine, Model No. 300 and Model 7100 with SuperArms.
1981 Vanity Fair Phonograph The Crayola Model No. 120.
The Crayola Model by Vanity Fair, 1981 (FP0626)
The Crayola Model, Vanity Fair, Subsidiary of Kidde Inc., 1981
1981 Vanity Fair Shirt Tales (Hallmark) Phonograph
1983 Vanity Fair Smurf Phonograph Model No. 129.
Smurf 2-speed Phonograph, Vanity Fair, 1983 (FP0642)
Smurf 2-speed Phonograph, made by Vanity Fair, magazine ad 1983
For more Vanity Fair Smurf phonographs and toys using records for their sound, see "The Smurfs" in Phonographia's Children's Phonograph Gallery.