[78-L] Columbiola

[Michael Shoshani]

On 10/30/2013 10:31 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Someone just sent me an interesting article about the history of the car radio and explaining that the suffix "ola" was attached to so many products in the sound reproduction business that the obvious name for a car radio would be a "Motorola".  They gave some examples of major "ola" product names - Victrola, Radiola and Columbiola.  I have never seen that last word before although the article calls it a major product name.  Is it?
>

Nope. That article gets everywhere but Google Books turns up nothing 
with Columbiola, which means it was not an advertised product or else 
magazines would turn up in the search.

The writer probably got confused with Columbia Grafonola or something.

Michael Shoshani
Chicago