This needle package is from the 1910s and was a gift from my friend Gary.
It has never been opened. It was sold by the Sears Roebuck Co. of Chicago,
Ill.
These needle tins are from the 1920's. The top tin is for Victor tungs-tone
needles, which were introduced in 1925 and designed to play 200 records per
needle. They were made out of a high-grade fibre. The bottom
tin is from England and made by the Songster needle company.
These needle packages are from the 1930's and 1940's. They actually
fell out of my Victor Victrola VI
when I was rebuilding the motor!
These needles are from the 1950's and were some of the last steel needles
to be widely manufactured as the number of acoustical phonographs still in
existence was dwindling.