An Edison Amberola Table Top Phonograph With over 100 Amberol Records
Thomas J. Edison Inc., Orange, New Jersey, Early 20th Century
model SM - 185524.
Height 12 3/4 x width 12 1/2 x depth 15 3/4 inches.
Property from the Collection of Lee and Paula South, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lee and Paula South of Albuquerque, New Mexico assembled their eclectic collection of coin-operated machines over four decades, seeking out whimsical pieces evocative of their shared happiness and hard work. Lee (1929-2020) was born in Kansas and moved to La Junta, Colorado at young age. The family home was a railroad boxcar surrounded by junked cars, and he often came home after school to cut metal, dismantle, and retrofit cars to sell. He met and married Paula (1930-2019) following her move to La Junta in the late 1940s, and the couple later moved to New Mexico to manage and own a mobile home park. They began investing in self-storage properties and travelling throughout the United States via RV, adding new machines along the way. Lee and Paula relished sharing their collection with others and reminiscing about the history of each piece.

Amberol records include 1503: The Palms (Faure, performed by Charles W. Harrison), 1506: Silent Night (Gruber, performed by Elizabeth Spencer, John Young, and Frederick Wheeler), 1508: Light as Feather (T.H. Rollinson, performed by Charles Daab), 1514: The Mocking Bird €“ Fantasia (Winner-Stobbe, performed by Charles Daab), 1517: Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep (Knight, performed by Frank Croxton), 1533: Tell Mother I'll Be There (Fillmore, performed by Frederick Wheeler and Edison Mixed Quartet), 1545: Parade with Me (Monk, performed by Frank Croxton Quartet), 1547: Silver Threads Among the Gold (Danks, performed by Will Oakland), 1550: Casey Jones (Murray and Chorus), 1553: Bell Solo from the Magic Flute (Mozart, performed by Charles Daab), 1554: Washington's Farewell Address (Mary F. Humphry), 1559: The Valley of Peace (I.H. Meredith , performed by Anthony and Harrison), 1560: The Preacher and the Bear (Arizonia, performed by Arthur Collins), 1574: Medley of War Songs (New York Military Band), 1600: Home Sweet Home the World Over (Lampe, performed by Edison Concert Band), 1612: Spirit of Independence March (Holzmann, performed by New York Military Band), 1626: Patriotic Songs of America (Ecke, performed by New York Military Band), 1633: Rock of Ages (Hastings, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1638: Belle of New York March (Clark, performed by New York Military Band), 1641: St. Luke 21:33-38 and Calvary (John R. Sweney, performed by Reverend William H. Morgan D.D. and Edison Mixed Quartet), 1647: Nearer My God to Thee (Mason-Himmelreich, performed by Ferdinand Himmelreich), 1648: Dixie (Emmett, performed by New York Military Band), 1711: Manhattan Beach and El Capitan Marches (Sousa, performed by Sousa's Band), 1713: The Vacant Chair (Root, performed by Elizabeth Spencer and Chorus), 1716: Medley of Country Dances (Eugene A. Jaudas), 1742: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Fearis, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 1760: Annie Laurie (Home Sweet Home) (Dunn-Payne, performed by John F. Burkhardt), 1766: Old Comrades March (Teike, performed by The United States Marine Band), 1770: Fisher's Hornpipe Medley (D'Almaine), 1771: Just Plain Folks (Stonehill, performed by Ada Jones and Chorus), 1776: God Be With You Until We Meet Again (Tomer, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1793: Whistling Jim (Morse, performed by Ada Jones), 1794: Beautiful Beckoning Hands (Bryant, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1798: Where the River Shannon Flows (Russell, performed by Will Oakland and Chorus), 1804: On Parade Medley (National Guard Fife and Drum Corps.), 1811: When the Roll is Called Up Yonder (Black, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1812: Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee) (Liliuokalani, performed by Toots Paka's Hawaiians), 1824: Back Home in Tennessee                (Donaldson, performed by Armand Vecsey and his Hungarian Orchestra), 1829: Down By the Old Mill Stream (Tell Taylor, performed by Marie Kaiser and Vernon Archibald), 1855: What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Converse, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1856: Where the Silver Colorado Wends its Way (Avril, performed by Irving Gillette), 1857: Memories of Home (Gutmann, performed by Venetian Instrumental Trio), 1860: Darling Nellie Gray (Hanley, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 1862: God is Love, His Mercy Brightens (Conradin Kreutzer, performed by Agnes Kimball, Reed Miller, and Frank Croxton), 1865: Old Black Joe (Foster-Van Der Stucken, performed by Knickerbocker Quartet), 1866: Uncle Josh's Huskin' Bee (Cal Stewart and Co), 1886: Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy, performed by Venetian Instrumental Trio), 1888: Marching Through Georgia (Work, performed by Frederick Wheeler and Chorus), 1913: I Love to Tell the Story (Fischer, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1924: Crossing the Bar (Barnby-Tennyson, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 1933: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (Foster, performed by Knickerbocker Quartet), 1940: Draw Me Nearer (Doane, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 1957: Sheridan's Ride (Thomas Buchanan, performed by Edgar L. Davenport), 1975: Marchi Religioso (Edison Concert Band), 1984: Be You Coming Home Tonight? (McGranahan, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 1989: Il Trovatore (Verdi, performed by Edison Light Opera Co.), 2025: Is My Name Written There?             (Davis, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2091: Ring Out the Bells of Christmas (Williams-Ecke, performed by Edison Concert Band), 2104: Stars and Stripes Forever March (Sousa, performed by Sousa's Band), 2125: Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight? (Robert Lowry, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 2144: From Maine to Oregon March (New York Military Band), 2145: Aida March Band (Verdi, performed by Edison Concert Band), 2147: On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away (The Archibald Chorus), 2172: €˜Tis But a Little Faded Flower (Thomas, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2174: King Karl March (C.L. Unrath, performed by New York Military Band), 2189: Jesus, I Come (George C. Stebbins, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2199: GAR Patrol (Raphael Fassett, performed by New York Military Band), 2210: Hallelujah Christ Has Risen - Easter Anthem (Grant Colfax Tuller, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 2267: Nights of Gladness Waltz (Aucliffe, performed by The National Promenade Band), 2272: An Afternoon in June (Joe Belmont, performed by Billy Murray and Joe Belmont), 2306: St. John 14:1-3 and a Home on High (George C. Stebbins, performed by Reverend Madison C. Peters D.D. and Edison Mixed Quartet), 2309: Lord I'm Coming Home (Kirkpatrick, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2325: Fourth of July Patrol (New York Military Band), 2351: Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me (B.D. Ackley, performed by Homer Rodeheaver & Chorus), 2354: Somebody Cares (Rodeheaver, performed by Homer Rodeheaver), 2365: Hark, Hark My Soul (John B. Dykes, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 2368: A Perfect Day (Jacobs-Boyd, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 2424: Christ, My All          (Hubert P. Main, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2426: Beautiful Robes (William J. Kirkpatrick, performed by John Young and Frederick Wheeler), 2432: Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Root, performed by Knickerbocker Quartet), 2440: Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping (George C. Stebbins, performed by The Peerless Quartet), 2478: O Come All Ye Faithful - Christmas Song (J. Redding, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 2482: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Edison Mixed Quartet), 2564: Jolly Coppersmith (Peter, performed by New York Military Band), 2573: In the Sweet Bye and Bye (Webster, performed by Thomas Chalmers and Chorus), 2578: Jesus Christ is Risen Today - Easter Hymn   (Worgan, performed by Edison Mixed Quartet), 2584: Old Folks at Home (Foster    , performed by Christine Miller and Chorus), 2590: After Sunset (Arthur Pryor, performed by The Edison Concert Band), 2602: Oh, That We Two Maying (Alice Mary Smith, performed by Elizabeth Spencer and Thomas Chalmers), 2616: Alone in the Deep (Johan G. Schmidt, performed by Knickerbocker Quartet), 2617: My Old Kentucky Home (Foster, performed by Thomas Chalmers and Chorus), 2631: America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) (Metropolitan Quartet), 2644: United Service Passing in Review (Sousa's Band), 2662: As We Partied at the Gate (H. Hindermeyer, performed by D. Chalmers), 2674: Bird Imitations (Charles Crawford Borse), 2708: The Gladiator March (New York Military Band), 2746: We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall (Kelly, performed by Frederick Wheeler and John Young), 2777: Daybreak at Calamity Farm (Gilbert Girard and Co.), 2780: With Swords and Lance March (Starke, performed by New York Military Band), 2810: Ben Hur (Chariot Race March) (New York Military Band), 2814: M-O-T-H-E-R, A Word That Means the World To Me (George Wilton Ballard), 2842: I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River (Cooper, performed by Billy Murray), 2843: America, I Love You March (Gottler, performed by New York Military Band), 2849: Wait Till the Clouds Roll By (Fulmer, performed by Van Brunt and Chorus), 2869: Boys of the Dardenelles (Little, performed by Frederick Wheeler and Male Chorus), 2881: The Memphis Blues Foxtrot (The National Promenade Band), 2891: Back Home in Tennessee (Donaldson, performed by George Wilton Ballard and Chorus), 2904: The Battle Cry of Freedom (Root, performed by Walter Van Brunt and Chorus), 2914: Yankee Doodle (Metropolitan Mixed Chorus), 2928: Slidus Trombonus - A Trombone Comedy (Lake, performed by Sodero's Band), 2933: True to the Flag March (The United States Marine Band), 2969: Down Where the Swanee Flows (A. Von Tilzer, performed by George Wilton Ballard and Chorus), 2984: Our National Song - The Star-Spangled Banner (Harry E. Humphry and Choir Boys of St. Ignatius Loyola), 2998: Home Sweet Home (Payne-Bishop, performed by Betsy Lane Shepherd), 3018: Battle of the Marne - Descriptive (Luxton, performed by New York Military Band), 3055: Whistler and His Dog (Pryor, performed by New York Military Band), 3065: Hawaiian Hula Medley (Helen Louise and Frank Ferera), 3101: Ellis March (Ford Hawaiians), 3142: American Eagle March (Boehme, performed by New York Military Band), 3160: Shall We Gather at the River (Lowry, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 3184: In the Garden (Miles Apollo Quartet of Boston), 3199: Honor Thy Father and Mother, And Good Luck Will Follow You (Jentes, performed by Manuel Romain), 3218: Uncle Sam Medley Number One (National Guard Fife and Drum Corps.), 3219: Uncle Sam Medley Number Two (National Guard Fife and Drum Corps.), 3221: American Patrol (Meacham, performed by New York Military Band), 3233: The Boy Scouts of American March (Sousa, performed by New York Military Band), 3248: All Hail the Power of Jesus's Name (Holden, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 3249: Indiana (Homestead Trio), 3275: Over There (Cohan, performed by Billy Murray and Chorus), 3398: So Long, Mother (Van Alstyne, performed by George Wilton Ballard and Chorus), 3431: Favorite Hymns of Fanny Crosby (Cavalry Choir), 3445: My Sunshine Jane (Ball, performed by Manuel Romain), 3488: Farmyard Medley (Premier Quartet), 3492: The Nation's Awakening March (Denni, performed by New York Military Band), 3511: I'm Just a Ragged Newsboy But My Heart's True Blue (Kerr, performed by Walter Van Brunt), 3512: The Volunteers' March (Sousa, performed by New York Military Band), 3573: Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane (Hays, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 3583: Aloha Land (Hawaiian Waltz) (The Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra), 3591: The Land Where the Roses Never Fade (Ackley, performed by Robert F. Clark), 3592: Saber and Spurs March (Sousa, performed by New York Military Band), 3602: Uncle Sammy Vocal March (The Premier Quartet), 3630: If I'm Not at the Roll Call, Kiss Mother Goodbye for Me (George Boyden, performed by Harvey Wilson), 3635: When I Gets Out in No-Man's Land (A. Collins), 3643: Keep the Home Fires Burning (Iver Novello, performed by The Homestead Trio), 3656: Hawaiian Nights Waltz (Roberts, performed by Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra), 3712: A Coon Possum Hunt (Golden and Heins), 3741: Uncle Tom's Cabin - A Dream Picture (Lampe performed by Edison Concert Band), 3741: The Saint Louis Blues Foxtrot (The Allstar Trio), 3745: The Arkansas Traveler (Len Spencer), 3756: Let Us Not Forget (A Message to the American People) (Thomas A. Edison), 3851: The 23rd Psalm "And He Leadeth Me" (William B. Bradbury, performed by Reverend William H. Morgan D.D. and Cavalry Choir), 3912: Back Home on the Farm (Billy Golden and Joe Hughes), 4042: Dardenella (Bernard-Black, performed by Gladys Rice and Vernon Dalheart), 4069: Beautiful Hawaiian Waltz (Mary Earle, performed by Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra), 4198: Sweet Hour of Prayer (William B. Bradbury, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 4232: Billy Richardson's Last Ride (Meeks and Robison, performed by Vernon Dalheart), 4262: The Light of the World is Jesus (Metropolitan Quartet), 4267: The Dying Girl's Message (Vernon Dalheart), 4299: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior (W.H. Borne, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 4336: The Beatitudes and Hymns (Reverend William H. Morgan D.D. and Cavalry Choir), 4436: O Happy Day (E.F. Rimbeault, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 4508: Dear Old Southland (Turner Layton, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Chorus), 4613: Hawaiian Nightingale (Vaughn de Leath, performed by Palakiko's Hawaiian Orchestra), 4713: Down By the Old Appletree (Wilson-Brennan, performed by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare), 4750: Will There Be Any Stars? (Jno. R. Sweney, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 4783: The Old Rugged Cross (Reverend George Benard, performed by Helen Clark and Roy Roberts), 4898: The Wreck of the Southern Old 97 (Vernon Dalheart), 4910: There's No One Just Like You (George Wilton Ballard, performed by Joe L. Sanders), 4931: Sally Lou €“ Foxtrot (Hollyfield, performed by Jack Meskill, Hugo Fray, and The Broadway Dance Orchestra), 4941: Where's My Sweetie Hiding? (Tommie Malie and Addy Britt; Jack Little and Dick Finch, performed by The Merry Sparklers), 4954: The Prisoner Song (Guy S. Massey, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Company), 5033: Regimental Pride March (J.C. Heed and the United States Marine Band), 5035: When They Ring the Golden Bells for You and Me (Dion de Marbelle, performed by Charles Hart), 5042: Scripture Lesson with Hymn, Revelation 21:21-26, "The Gate Ajar for Me" (S.J. Vail and Mrs. Lydia Baxter, performed by Reverend S. Parkes Cadman D.D. and the Metropolitan Quartet), 5049: The Death of Floyd Collins (Mrs. Irene Spain and Reverend Andrew Jenkin, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Company), 5101: Thomas E. Watson (Reverend Andrew Jenkins, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Company), 5102: The Unknown Soldier's Grave (Annabelle Lee, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Company), 5143: How Firm a Foundation (M. Portugallo and G. Keeffe, performed by Metropolitan Quartet), 5173: Where They Never Say Goodbye (B.D. Ackley and Reverend A.H. Ackley, performed by Homer Rodeheaver and Chorus), 5175: The Ship That Never Returned (Henry Work, performed by Vernon Dalheart and Company), 5188: When the Work's All Done this Fall (Ernest V. Stoneman), 5200: Sinking of the Titanic (Ernest V. Stoneman), 5315: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy) (Vernon Dalheart), 5394: The Wreck of Number Nine (Carson Robison, performed by Vernon Dalheart), 5395: The Mississippi Flood (Vernon Dalheart), 23330: Cavalry Charge (G. Luders, performed by Edison Military Quartet), 28231: Trumpets Shall Sound (Handel, performed by Arthur Middleton).