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In 1900 there were eleven establishments engaged in the manufacture of phonographs and other talking machines. The capital invested was $3,-348,282, and the industry gave employment to 1,267 wage-earners and 144 salaried officials and clerks. The value of the product was $2,246,274. The number of completed machines was 151.403, the number of horns, 28,-423, and the number of records produced was 2,763,277.
 
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