“Black April” – Gullah Fiction

“Black April” by Julia Peterkin, author of “Scarlett Sister Mary”.
A novel about the Gullahs of South Carolina. Triangle Books – 1927

Dusky Land – Gullah Poems and Sketches of Coastal Carolina

Silvertone Tru-Phonic Phonograph – 1927

Stop by AZIO Media’s Book and Music Shop and hear a 78 rpm record played on our original 1927 Silvertone Tru-Phonic Phonograph. There are two settings: on/off and fast/slow (as shown). Otherwise you crank the wooden handle, turn on the rotating plate and put the needle on the record. There is no volume control on this unit. The music is piped through the steel needle, into the metal record armature and through and out the baffles in the front. Volume may be controlled though the size of the needle.

See a Hand-Driven Gramophone here