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No wonder the general public is so confused!
I found this newspaper clipping attached to an Ebay listing:
Edison's Victrolas
Quote: "When Thomas Edison began producing phonographs with internal horns, they dubbed the new talking machines Victrola."
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910-Victrola-V ... 2355197be3
Edison's Victrolas ?????
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Re: Edison's Victrolas ?????
To be fair, I doubt 1 person in 1000 non-collectors would have any idea at all who Emile Berliner or Eldridge Johnson were...
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Re: Edison's Victrolas ?????
The Victor Ambrolas are what caused all of the confusion...
"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."
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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