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From Diner's Club Magazine, November 1961.
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AmberolaAndy wrote:Ohio collector: August 11, 1970
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.

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... :lol:
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gramophone-georg wrote:
AmberolaAndy wrote:Ohio collector: August 11, 1970
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.

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... :lol:
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.


Article on old records : April 21, 1985
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startgroove wrote:From Diner's Club Magazine, November 1961.
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!

Although the machines pictured are not exactly 1890s, but what did they have in 1961 to tell them their machine was a decade newer?

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Pennsylvania collector: July 13, 2003
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Saskatchewan collector: September 2, 1982
(looks like he encountered some wax Amberols)
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Article on antique phonos and Utah collectors: February 26, 1975
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The absolute earliest article on phonos I could find on Newspapers.com. though it’s hard to read but truly historical: November 6, 1877
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New York Times, 1984. A 32 year-old Peter Dilg and the beginning of Electrophone Records!! Those records are still awesome today!! Thanks Peter!!!!

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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!!!!

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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.
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