Four young men, possibly Oxford or Cambridge undergraduates, on the river with their gramophone.
Let's hope they did not end up in the river. Gramophones cannot swim.
On the river.
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Located in the Detroit River is the Island of Belle Isle. For well over 100 years it has been a lovely park. There are canals running through the island that used to be used extensively for canoeing. Many old photographs depict dozens of canoes, many with horned phonographs/gramophones aboard. I have long wondered just how many phonographs went "over the side" and are still rusting away beneath the surface.
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It seems that Victor encouraged owners to take their machines onto the water :JerryVan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:15 am Located in the Detroit River is the Island of Belle Isle. For well over 100 years it has been a lovely park. There are canals running through the island that used to be used extensively for canoeing. Many old photographs depict dozens of canoes, many with horned phonographs/gramophones aboard. I have long wondered just how many phonographs went "over the side" and are still rusting away beneath the surface.
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"It seems that Victor encouraged owners to take their machines onto the water."
A great marketing ploy in the era before "planned obsolescence"...
A great marketing ploy in the era before "planned obsolescence"...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
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