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Biography - Zonophone 
Germany
The first Zon-o-phone records and machines were imported into Europe from America in 1899 or later. They came from Frank Seaman's Universal Talking Machine Company of Albany, New York State. Seaman was involved in claims and counter-claims with other companies over patent infringement and the company eventually became bankrupt. Seaman's export agents were the Prescott brothers. In 1901 one of the brothers (Frederick Prescott) formed The International Zonophone Company which was incorporated in New Jersey, and a factory to produce records was established in Germany, producing its first records in September 1901. Over the next two years, agencies were established throughout Europe, and in Asia Minor, Egypt, Brazil, and Argentina, which also produced recordings of material from their area of location. The German produced records were also imported into Britain.
In the last half of 1903, The International Zonophone Company was taken over and reformed as a German company, a subsidiary of the British Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd (G&T, later known as HMV), with Deutsche Grammophon AG as a sister company. Masters were also made available to Eldridge Johnson's USA Victor company, which released them using the original label name Zon-o-phone
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GermanyThe first Zon-o-phone records and machines were imported into Europe from America in 1899 or later. They came from Frank Seaman's Universal Talking Machine Company of Albany, New York State. Seaman was involved in claims and counter-claims with other companies over patent infringement and the company eventually became bankrupt. Seaman's export agents were the Prescott brothers. In 1901 one of the brothers (Frederick Prescott) formed The International Zonophone Company which was incorporated in New Jersey, and a factory to produce records was established in Germany, producing its first records in September 1901. Over the next two years, agencies were established throughout Europe, and in Asia Minor, Egypt, Brazil, and Argentina, which also produced recordings of material from their area of location. The German produced records were also imported into Britain.
In the last half of 1903, The International Zonophone Company was taken over and reformed as a German company, a subsidiary of the British Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd (G&T, later known as HMV), with Deutsche Grammophon AG as a sister company. Masters were also made available to Eldridge Johnson's USA Victor company, which released them using the original label name Zon-o-phone
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