DescriptionPhonograph record cleaning pad, two, from Hoboken music stores, ca. 1922-1940. Both are metal badges with printed celluloid covers, 3-1/2" diameter, with 5/8" thick velour covered pad back. 1: Brunswick; Lankering Co., 516 Washington St., Hoboken; The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Patent Applied For. Edge printing: Phila. Badge Co., Phila., PA. U.S.A. Patent Allowed. 2: Odeon, Braumiller Pianos .. "Factory to Home"; yellow die-cut printed label: Italian Music Store, 459 First St., Hoboken. Edge printing: Patented Oct. 21 1922 Phila. Badge Co., Phila., PA. U.S.A. Used for cleaning 78rpm records of the era used on record players/gramophones. Presumed promotional or advertising novelty item.