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Henry wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 7:33 am The other two articles on that page look more intriguing to me.
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Anyway check out this wrong piece of random facts at the bottom of this page from 1959!
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A 1940 Ad for the Mickey Rooney film Young Tom Edison. Apparently when you went to see the movie there was a Wilcox-Gay Recordio in the lobby and you could record your own record. A great novelty gimmick for the time!
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A Historic article about when someone recorded and gave a speech with a phono.

November 9, 1888
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Here's a clipping from The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 12, 1982. I found it in an Edison BC-34 Diamond Disc machine. The machine was somewhat distinctive in that it had the additional factory-installed long play mechanism, the long play reproducer and holder, along with a standard and dance reproducer, all in the correct gun metal finish.
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barnettrp21122 wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:21 pm Here's a clipping from The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 12, 1982. I found it in an Edison BC-34 Diamond Disc machine. The machine was somewhat distinctive in that it had the additional factory-installed long play mechanism, the long play reproducer and holder, along with a standard and dance reproducer, all in the correct gun metal finish.
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Always good to see other members contribute to my thread. Please don’t be shy folks! Add your own newspaper articles you have clipped over the years! 👍

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Nice large article about phono history.
September 20, 1959
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Wow, I miss Gil Louey! He helped me immensely while doing research on NML and Grey Gull, thanks to the huge stacks he had. I miss his diatribes about “them Hal-o-ween-ers” who were a pest every Halloween. I and a number of friends did our best to help and console him when his mother passed away. I’ve known more than a few of the big-name collectors and Gil was the nicest!

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Newspaper ad depicting an amberola 30 as the Edison “Chalet” model Diamond Disc machine.
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Missouri Collector: December 4, 1980

Another example of people thinking a patent date is when an item was sold, I think that William and Mary console was only sold at that time maybe 57 years earlier? I know I’m being overly critical because there wasn’t much info in an instant in 1980 as there is today.
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AmberolaAndy wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 9:05 pm
phonogfp wrote:
AmberolaAndy wrote:A advertisement for a “gramiphone concert” the technology was so new back then they weren’t sure how to spell it! :lol:

March 12, 1897
In March 1897, that Berliner (or "Berlinger") would have been either lever-wound or hand-driven!

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I’ve always wondered how the lever wound motor worked.

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August 3, 1973
Hi Conn Coll,

You will be glad to know that the operation of this interesting Gramophone was patented (2/8/1898) and is described in PHP. I will give you a hint - the inventor's first name was Levi. The ratchet design was used in both wood cabinets and (round) metal cannisters (1896-1897). As a result, it pre-dates the more famous Trademark Model of Eldridge Johnson. It was the first commercially-produced spring-operated disc player. They do appear in early ads as early as Dec 1896 (Xmas season).
Allen

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