LOCAL EXPERIENCES!

Minnesota Monthly has a feature on 6 things to experience in Worthington. The Historic Dayton House is among the 6, and we hope that not too far in the future, a visit to the Nobles County History Center in the Historic Worthington Armory Building will be added to this list!

https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/partner/homepage-native-position-2/6-things-to-see-do-and-experience-in-worthington/?fbclid=IwAR1U9M6UYhEbeNM3L5Qqq2m4Gus0OH3kFfBdTqa_fAhprVIOpDQQaSCOY58 ... See more

Worthington has something for everyone with recreation opportunities, shops, museums, restaurants, and even a nearby local brewery and winery

TUESDAY TREASURES

This is a Columbia Disc Graphophone, rather recently donated to the NCHS. It is especially striking because of its striking rose colored horn. Sources note that its horns set Columbia apart from other phonograph makers.

Here's some more information about Graphophones from Wikipedia:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙇𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣, 𝘿.𝘾., 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.

𝙄𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 (𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨), 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨.

𝙄𝙣 1889, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝. 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝘾, 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 1893. 𝙄𝙣 1904, 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤, 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣 1906, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖. 𝙄𝙣 1918, 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮—𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮. 𝙄𝙣 1923, 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝 𝘾𝙤. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨.

So this phonograph has connections to the development of Columbia Records. How many of you were members of the Columbia Record Club? ... See more