Here is an article from the 'Talking Machine World', June 1919 about stolen Victrolas.
Does anyone out there have one? If so, how did you happen to come to own it?
Don't worry, the statute of limitations has expired.
Stolen Victrolas
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Re: Stolen Victrolas
None of these serial numbers have been submitted to the Victor-Victrola.com data base.
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Re: Stolen Victrolas
thanks to you both for your interesting research!
Best wishes, Mark
Best wishes, Mark
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Re: Stolen Victrolas
The truck was probably highjacked by the Mafia and the machines were sent to a phonograph chop shop where they were disassembled and sold for replacement parts... 
"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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Re: Stolen Victrolas
Is there a way to search this data base for information.Silvertone wrote:None of these serial numbers have been submitted to the Victor-Victrola.com data base.
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Re: Stolen Victrolas
It would be neat to see if any of these are in a collection.