Canadian Furniture World and the Undertaker, May 1917, p. 38: "Last month (April 1917) the Playola Phonograph Co., Ltd. was incorporated, with a capital of $40,000, to take over the business of the Playola Phonograph Co. The officers of the company are F. J. Foley, president, and A. J. Bell, secretary. The company has opened offices, showroom and factory at 468-474 King Street West, Toronto and are manufacturing and making deliveries of two sizes of phonographs which retail at $50 and $75."

Talking Machine World, November 1918, p. 33: "The Playola Co., Ltd., Toronto, has opened a Montreal office at 248 St. James Street."

Canadian Furniture World and the Undertaker, June 1919, p. 42: "The Playola Phonograph Co., Ltd., has been authorized to change its name to the Lavola Phonograph Co., Ltd."

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Toronto Daily Star, November 10, 1917, p. 7.



Canadian Furniture World and the Undertaker, November 1917, p. 38.



Canadian Furniture World and the Undertaker, November 1917, p. 48.



Calgary Herald, January 12, 1918, p. 23.



Calgary Albertan, January 21, 1918, p. 5.



Bassano Mail (Alberta), February 21, 1918, p.5.



Montreal Star, June 20, 1919, p. 27

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Toronto Daily Star, September 14, 1928, p. 4. An R.S. Williams Co., Ltd. ad for used phonographs including a Playola.... and also an Osborne and a La Favorite.



Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon), February 25, 1928, p. 15. Heintzman & Co. Ltd. ad for used phonographs including a Playola.... and also an S.I.V., a Melatone and a Perfectrola.



Toronto Daily Star, September 14, 1928, p. 4. An R.S. Williams Co., Ltd. ad for used phonographs including a Playola.... and also an Osborne and a La Favorite.

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A Playola in Ste Eulalie, Quebec for sale on Facebook Marketplace in 2023.