Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono topics
- startgroove
- Victor III
- Posts: 887
- Joined: Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:01 pm
- Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
From Diner's Club Magazine, November 1961.
- Attachments
-
- PhonoAd.jpg (119.65 KiB) Viewed 1771 times
- gramophone-georg
- Victor VI
- Posts: 3995
- Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:55 pm
- Personal Text: Northwest Of Normal
- Location: Eugene/ Springfield Oregon USA
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
Wow, I knew that guy! That article must be from the Akron Beacon Journal. Jabe Tarter was the paper's antiques "expert" but as you can see, his knowledge here was quite lacking. If I recall, Dew's name was Clay.AmberolaAndy wrote:Ohio collector: August 11, 1970
You have to remember that in the days before the Internet and Google, you had some books- if you could find them- about this hobby, or you had the (often) misinformation the oldsters and "experts" seemed to make up as they went along.
I remember for years as a kid collector hearing that the REALLY old records were "the real thick ones". I was thrilled to finally get my first Edison DD at about age 9, and it must have been REALLY old, too, because you could hardly hear anything on it on my GE portable...
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
I got PTSD from Peter F's avatar
I got PTSD from Peter F's avatar
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
I guess that was a common misconception because they probably assume anything with Edison on it came before anybody else because he was the inventor.gramophone-georg wrote:Wow, I knew that guy! That article must be from the Akron Beacon Journal. Jabe Tarter was the paper's antiques "expert" but as you can see, his knowledge here was quite lacking. If I recall, Dew's name was Clay.AmberolaAndy wrote:Ohio collector: August 11, 1970
You have to remember that in the days before the Internet and Google, you had some books- if you could find them- about this hobby, or you had the (often) misinformation the oldsters and "experts" seemed to make up as they went along.
I remember for years as a kid collector hearing that the REALLY old records were "the real thick ones". I was thrilled to finally get my first Edison DD at about age 9, and it must have been REALLY old, too, because you could hardly hear anything on it on my GE portable...
Article on old records : April 21, 1985
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
Thank you. I’m starting to run out of articles in my folder to post here. I think it’s time to do more searching on newspapers.com!startgroove wrote:From Diner's Club Magazine, November 1961.
Although the machines pictured are not exactly 1890s, but what did they have in 1961 to tell them their machine was a decade newer?
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
Pennsylvania collector: July 13, 2003
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
Saskatchewan collector: September 2, 1982
(looks like he encountered some wax Amberols)
(looks like he encountered some wax Amberols)
Last edited by AmberolaAndy on Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
Article on antique phonos and Utah collectors: February 26, 1975
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
The absolute earliest article on phonos I could find on Newspapers.com. though it’s hard to read but truly historical: November 6, 1877
- Shawn
- Victor IV
- Posts: 1618
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:07 pm
- Personal Text: Its only Fun, when we're all having Fun!
- Contact:
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
New York Times, 1984. A 32 year-old Peter Dilg and the beginning of Electrophone Records!! Those records are still awesome today!! Thanks Peter!!!!
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47223&p=279588#p279588
I love the request for two-minute TAPES!!
Shawn
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47223&p=279588#p279588
I love the request for two-minute TAPES!!
Shawn
Subscribe to my music and phonograph videos at https://www.youtube.com/@Shawn_O_Phonograph
-
- Victor V
- Posts: 2423
- Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
- Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska
Re: Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono to
I think I posted that exact article earlier in this thread. I think my copy of the advertising record is one of their oldest before they worked out all the bugs.Shawn wrote:New York Times, 1984. A 32 year-old Peter Dilg and the beginning of Electrophone Records!! Those records are still awesome today!! Thanks Peter!!!!
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47223&p=279588#p279588
I love the request for two-minute TAPES!!
Shawn