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WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
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fourforty
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WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
Was this specifically a G.I. phonograph, or something else? I don't see a name on it. What brand is it?
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Victrolacollector
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
Looks like a home brew machine..maybe cobbled up. The lid hinge looks pretty beat up.
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epigramophone
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
The 12 inch turntable suggests that the components started life in a more expensive cabinet.
Presumably the horn emerges at the front, but it is impossible to see it unless the picture can be enhanced.
Presumably the horn emerges at the front, but it is impossible to see it unless the picture can be enhanced.
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FloridaClay
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
What it is? Can't be sure for this photo. Homemade? I doubt it.
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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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jboger
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
I agree, not a "gerry-rigged" job, speaking of which, perhaps this photo was taken in Europe somewhere towards the end of the war in Europe. Plenty of items were confiscated from houses. I suspect an European machine, a portable, or what passed as a portable back in the day (is a VV-50 really portable?--well, yes, as long as you are willing to lug it around).
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CarlosV
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
To me it is a piece of a cabinet, without the lower end that would contain the internal horn. The components like the break and speed control look German or Swiss.
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Marco Gilardetti
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
This picture has an overall weird look. It looks like a photomontage to me. The guy on the left projects the shadow of his head on the top board and record, but then the lid has shadows in its right corner. Also the overall way in which the gramophone stands on the barrel doesn't look quite right to me.
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FloridaClay
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
Good observations! It looks like Photoshop may have struck again.Marco Gilardetti wrote:This picture has an overall weird look. It looks like a photomontage to me. The guy on the left projects the shadow of his head on the top board and record, but then the lid has shadows in its right corner. Also the overall way in which the gramophone stands on the barrel doesn't look quite right to me.
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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TinfoilPhono
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
Not to mention the 'uniform' and haircut of the guy at the left. Looks like a 50s juvenile delinquent, not a WWII solider.
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FloridaClay
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Re: WWII Phonograph Picture - What Model Is It?
Well, not really. Buzz cuts were not de rigueur in those days after boot camp, especially under battlefield conditions.TinfoilPhono wrote:Not to mention the 'uniform' and haircut of the guy at the left. Looks like a 50s juvenile delinquent, not a WWII solider.
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.