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Another neat photograph has shown up on Shorpy.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/19140?size=_original#caption
Clay
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FloridaClay
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Get your Victrolas and records here!
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Curt A
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Re: Get your Victrolas and records here!
Standing in line for the "Hit Of The Week"?
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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FloridaClay
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I wondered if it might have been the famous 1925 "Victor Day" when people lined up to hear the just introduced Orthophonics.
Clay
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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phonojim
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The caption says ca. 1921, so if that is true then it's none of the above.
Jim
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Curt A
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Re: Get your Victrolas and records here!
August 5, 1921 – The first radio baseball game is broadcast; Harold Arlin announces the Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA, in Pittsburgh.
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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coyote
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I like what appears to be a multitude of Nipper figurines along the top of the window display.
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Edisone
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Even if that was the coldest NYC August 5th in history, those wimmins in heavy coats and FUR collars must have been stifling. Suffering for fashion.
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wjw
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Really nice facade and sign next door at Great China. Lunch 35 cents!
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need4art
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I really think they are line for Chinese Food-notice the Chop Suey sign!
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52089
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My mother (now 91) often talks about how when she was a kid in Brooklyn in the 30's, her Mom would take her for a huge Chinese lunch which would cost 35 cents. Sometimes they would just get a huge bowl of yatke mein, a noodle soup with big slices of roast pork, for 10 cents.need4art wrote:I really think they are line for Chinese Food-notice the Chop Suey sign!
I just had a Chinese lunch with my Mom last week and with tax and tip it was $25, and I thought that was still pretty cheap for what we ate!