The original photo of Alma Gluck was posted by VictrolaGuy - Walt from the Library of Congress’s collection.
I just cut it out with an oval, primarily to add it to our stock avatar gallery.
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(Click on the image or this link for an 7.98" x 10" [300 DPI—8.2 MB] PNG of it)
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OK, OK, I won’t try to hunt down that picture to post for him, then...3victrolas wrote:No, please don't! Those images are mentally disturbing!
(Click on the image or this link for a 996 x 1020 pixel JPEG of it.)
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ColoradoPhonograf,ColoradoPhonograf wrote:I have quite a few real photos with phonographs in the scenes. This one is probably one of my favorites since I'm a motorhead too.
I zoomed the full-sized photo (as opposed to the scaled one that appears inline here), but I couldn’t make out the models. Of course, my knowledge of external horn machines is still lacking—most of the machines I can recognize on sight (or be close to guessing what they are) were made by Victor, and have an internal horn.ColoradoPhonograf wrote:There are two phonographs in the back of the scene, one I believe is a Columbia BI with nickelled horn, the other looks to be maybe a Columbia BN with painted horn.
Back then I think they believed in a little more personal responsibility.ColoradoPhonograf wrote:Pretty cool old store....I love the oil stains on the floor. That would be a major lawsuit today is someone slipped on it.
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Valecnik,valecnik wrote:... Can you imagine today someone getting a picture taken of themselves standing in front of their flatscreen TV displaying his DVD collection?
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