Edison standard with provenance!

[dzavracky]

I got this standard today... and was so excited to see that it has some provenance!

It’s a neat article. Although I’m not sure why original is spelled “origanal ” it definitely needs a lot of cleaning!

David

[VanEpsFan1914]

The story of Mrs. Lizzie Hauser's campaign of social betterment is absolutely amazing--one of those real bits of local color. I'm thoroughly impressed.

The phonograph will be more interesting to have this sort of provenance.

[gramophone-georg]

I got this standard today... and was so excited to see that it has some provenance!

It’s a neat article. Although I’m not sure why original is spelled “origanal ” it definitely needs a lot of cleaning!

David

Maybe she was anal about keeping it original.

[Curt A]

Neat to know where your phonograph resided...

[tomb]

Unusual to get past information on phonographs we buy. Personalizes it. Tom

[gramophone-georg]

Lizzie Hauser's house in Akron... neat to know where your phonograph resided...

West Union is actually down by Cincinnati, just the Ohio side of the Ohio River. Akron is nearly 4 hours away, south of Cleveland. I lived in Cincinnati from 1971-3 and Akron from 1974-91 so I know a little bit about this.

[dzavracky]

She etched her address onto the bottom of the phonograph!

Here’s some pictures after I cleaned it


David

[TinfoilPhono]

That cleaned up really nicely! Amazing. The provenance is wonderful, and adds enormous appeal. Lucky find.

[MTPhono]

Excellent job on the clean up. Very impressive!

[fran604g]

That's pretty incredible David. Congratulations. Maybe a detailed article for a future issue of The Antique Phonograph is in order?

Best,
Fran