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Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
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Curt A
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Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
This sign was used to designate and separate certain inmates in mental hospitals... This sign would have been on a door next to similarly labeled doors, such as "Edison Ward", "Columbia Ward", "Brunswick Ward", etc.
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"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
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Retrograde
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Re: Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
I heard a new song in the Leprosy ward the other day called "What's Eating You?". 
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gramophone-georg
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Re: Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
Is there a Montgomery Ward for the "off brand" people?
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek
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Curt A
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Re: Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
They seriously thought about that option, but decided it was best to segregate the collectors based on their preference for record brands & types. The name brand machine collectors caused a problem by down playing the off brands and arguing about which was the better machine... The off brands couldn't defend the lesser quality of their machines, but at least they could play any available records...gramophone-georg wrote:Is there a Montgomery Ward for the "off brand" people?
"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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PeterF
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Re: Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
Next June, ownership will subdivide the units, using the Ward Cleaver.
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Curt A
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Re: Phonograph Collectors Insane Asylum Sign
Can't wait until they decide to use the Beaver Cleaver...PeterF wrote:Next June, ownership will subdivide the units, using the Ward Cleaver.
"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