The nicest girls listen to Edison Phonographs

[Valecnik]

Another recent string showed some children in tattered cloths dancing to a weathered Edison phono and some scruffy men listening to thier Edison outside a sod house on the Prairrie. Here you can see Edison was also popular with the upper class.

You can bet this young ladies father had a gun close to the door!

[richardh]

Looks like that was one very nice horn on that machine. Its a shame that the machine itself cant be identified. She must have been a lady of leisure as she obviously had time to arrange those flowers and trim her bush.

RJ

[MordEth]

Bruce,

The paint job on that horn goes nicely with the plants with which she surrounded herself.

Thanks for sharing this photo!

— MordEth

[Aaron]

Nice picture! And by the looks of the little bit of the machine peeking out i think its a standard or fireside.

Thanks for sharing,
Aaron

[Valecnik]

Aaron, I think you are right. If I had to bet I would say a two minute standard but also could be a fireside. In either case the horn must have been about the most that the small machine could have accomodated without a floor crane.

[EdisonSquirrel]

I'm sure the bright colors of the horn must have attracted the attention of honey bees and other insects. Can you imagine a bee buzzin' its way deep into the horn?



Rocky