Has anyone seen one of these

[Phototone]

I remember an Emerson electric fan in my grandparents' house many years ago, and it seemed an antique at that time. See http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/2823674257 ... noapp=true. In my memory, it resembles this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Emerson-29646-b ... 2367425787

The fan speed was controlled with a sliding lever in the base of the fan, like the one shown.

I believe that there is a universe of old fan collectors out there (parallel to our own!). Some of these old fans are fairly pricey.

According to the google, there's still an Emerson-branded line of fans being sold today, but I don't know whether there's any relation to the old ones.

The Emerson fan company was a totally separate company from the Emerson record company. The Emerson fans of today are Chinese made, and the Emerson name has been licensed, just like the Crosley name is licensed and used on cheaply made audio gear.

[RolandVV-360]

I have an Emerson sleeve that advertises an upright with the Music Master Horn.

[emerson]

Besides that model, there is another Queen Anne but with spindle style legs---made by Emerson and also one with the De-luxe decal under the lid (mine was sold by Landay) but without a Music Master decal on the horn. There is also a manufacturer---Mello-Phonic that used a round plaster horn (Emerson had some models with plaster horns). The most WOW horn ----don't recall if it was labeled Music Master or not was on a Rivoli phonograph----using two different woods. I have an Emerson Phono/Radio model---I am trying to have transported from Michigan to New Jersey---know anyone coming this way? There was a claim that The Emerson Phono/Radio was the first Battery Radio Set (Federal Radio) made in the USA? Music Master Horns (mahogany?) were also made for radio sets.

[emerson]

Was a mention of the 21st century filing system-----Emerson on the higher-end models used record boxes similar to Victor's with the numbered separators however they opened very similar to Linguaphone boxes. I believe this is what the filing system was. The original higher-end models did not use record shelves. The boxes were black and made for two record sizes---either 10 or 12 inch, 9" records could be stored in the 10" box.