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An iconic Victor Talking Machine. Made in 1921 by Victor Victrola Co. Taking us back in time to the "Roaring 20's" when jazz and big bands ruled. There's lots of jazz 78's for this wind up phonograph. It plays 78 RPM vinyl records. It isn't rare since about 185,000 were made. It was made before the company was bought by RCA, becoming RCA Victrola. This wind up phonograph plays surprisingly good music. #TimeMachine #VictorTalkingMachine #Victrola #78RPM #vinyl #HandCrank #WindUp
Every best wish for 2018
to one and all
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Photo from the Library of Congress
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"The New York City Police Department estimates that it costs $7.5 million to protect today's event in Times Square. Some in the waiting crowd got there at 8 AM.
"Today's event rivals the coldest New Year's celebrations on record. The frostiest ball drop on record was 1 degree Fahrenheit (-17.22 Celsius) in 1907."
-- US News & World Report
The Henry Siegel Company had a large store in Boston, at 600 Washington Street. The store was converted into an office building and a movie theater in 1915.
-- Wikipedia
Story by Ralph Mayhew and Burges Johnson. Pictures by Rhoda Chase. With Singing by Little Jack Horner - He Sings A Song of Six Pence - The Queen of Hearts, Good King Arthur. Victor Talking Machine Publishers, 1919.
"Baltimore Nipper" atop the Maryland Historical Society in the heart of charm city, near the Walters Gallery. If my memory serve (?) this originally adorned the roof of the RCA warehouse adjacent to the Jones Falls Expressway, in Baltimore. Even more useless information the "Dog & Trumpet" logo was created for Edison Records, but they passed on it. The original painting was the dog and gramophone atop the dog deceased human companion... and my dog just tinkles on my records.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE OPERATIC RECORDING ERA!
L'âge d'or de l'ère acoustique des chanteurs lyriques!
The once-thriving mining town of Garnet was founded in 1895 in conjunction with the gold – and silver, and garnet gemstone – rush in western Montana. Like most “rush” towns, with changing demand and sparse lodes, Garnet was eventually abandoned. Although the many elaborate structures’ more valuable components were stripped or vandalized, the Bureau of Land Management and the Garnet Preservation Association have now acquired, partially restored, and substantially stabilized the properties for public visitation.
From the detailed brochure provided by the BLM, Missoula Field Office:
“Gold!” In the early 1860s a strike on Bear Creek at its confluence with the Clark Fork River brought an onslaught of prospectors to the area. In 1865 there was another strike, this time up Bear Gulch at what became Bear Town. Prospectors worked their way up the creeks and gulches into the nearly inaccessible reaches of the Garnet [mountain] Range, named for the semi-precious stone found in the area
The J.K. Wells Hotel was built in the winter of 1897 and was the most impressive building in Garnet. Mrs. Wells designed it after a hotel she owned in Bearmouth [Montana]. With its elaborate woodwork, it was equal to the luxurious buildings in [the state capitol] Helena.
…Although this was a very modern building, there were no plaster walls or insulation. The walls were covered by cloth backed wallpaper. Heating a large building required two stoves in the dining room. Upstairs the rooms were heated by rising warm air. Miners who could not afford a private room would rent floor space on the third floor. Lines divided the floor into spaces for men to lay their bedrolls under the sky lights.
…After the Wells Hotel closed in the 1930s, Frank Davey moved into the kitchen. Davey maintained several rooms for visiting friends, but in unkempt rooms mushrooms grew out of the still made beds…”
1. Berliner "Trademark" gramophone, Berliner Gramophone Company (1901)
2. Phonograph, Stollwerck Chocolate Company (1903) - designed to play small chocolate records
3. Victor type B "talking machine, Victor Talking Machine Company (1901)
"Revolutions per Minute: The Evolution of the Record" exhibition, SFO Museum, Terminal 2, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, CA
This machine was new in 1920 according to the serial numbers. All the parts are there, it is just falling apart from being unprotected in a barn for ? number of years.
I cleaned and regreased the motor of my Victor I 30 + years ago, otherwise not much of anything ever done to this 105+ year old phonograph.
Record is from about 1924.
Ad from "The Outing Magazine", Oct., 1907. The Victor Talking Machine Company later became RCA Victor.
"Baltimore Nipper" atop the Maryland Historical Society in the heart of charm city, near the Walters Gallery. Next to my Mom, the Orioles, and John Waters this my favorite memory of Baltimore. We always drove by this thing when seeing my Aunt and Uncle, and Grand Parents in the sixties, it is one more reason I love old phonographs.
Before electricity and radio there was the Victor Talking Machine! This one belonged to my Grandparents. I think they must have purchased it about 1917. The floor model XI quickly became Victor's most popular model ever, selling well over 800,000 units during the production run. The VV-XI used a 12-inch turntable and a two spring motor. Until 1917, floor model XI's had a small concave-shaped "crescent-moon" carvings on the front side posts, which were replaced with a small carved "scroll" in later years.