Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
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Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
When I found this ad I tried to figure out what it was for... finally it dawned on me that it was for cough drops.
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
"Voice Loud or Shrill!"
"Coughing?"
Timental
(Cough Drops)
"Coughing?"
Timental
(Cough Drops)
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
Thanks for the translation... I never knew there was a product (cough drops) to improve the sound of your phonograph...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
Given that the phonograph shown has no turntable, tonearm, or reproducer, it probably doesn't sound good anyway!Curt A wrote:Thanks for the translation... I never knew there was a product (cough drops) to improve the sound of your phonograph...
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
It's a talking machine with a sore throat!
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
Very strange--I just can't figure out why a gramophone would be ejecting cough drops from its horn that way.
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Re: Strange Italian Cough Drop Ad (Phono related)
I thought they were going DOWN the horn. Volume control? Noise filter?drh wrote:Very strange--I just can't figure out why a gramophone would be ejecting cough drops from its horn that way.
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