If only someone still made chocolate records!
Photo: J. Barmann/Grub Street
What should we find while wandering SFO’s Terminal 2 this past weekend but an exhibit all about the history of the record called “Revolutions Per Minute.” Among the fun and snazzy vintage record players and jacket cover-art collection was this petite phonograph, dating to 1902, which was a marketing gimmick created by the Stollwerck Chocolate Company in Germany. It’s a device made for playing small records made of chocolate, meant to delight children — who undoubtedly could only stand to listen to the songs once or twice before devouring the delicious discs. Sadly, there was no century-old chocolate record in the display. [Grub Street]
