Photos of an Edison Army & Navy Diamond Disc Phonograph

[JohnM]

I've been chatting off the board with '1917' about WWI-related phonographs and items and I told him about Edison 'Army & Navy' Diamond Disc Phongraphs. I don't have any photos on my hard-drive and none came up on a Google search. Can anyone post photos of an A&N on the board so he can see what they look like?

Thanks!

[1917]

Thanks in advance to anyone who might have an image of these! They sound like outstanding machines!

[gramophone78]

Not that this will help but, there is one down in Mexico that I see everytime I'm there.There are ugly machines compared to most.I think they have been asking 495.00 US for it for the last three or four years now.It looks like a packing crate painted drab olive.

[Talkophone]

Go to this link http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... y&start=30

for a picture of the Army Navy Machine.

Larry

[JohnM]

Thanks much, Larry!

[Jerry B.]

Has anyone ever seen one in blue for the navy?

[JohnM]

The only examples I've ever seen have all been in olive drab although marked 'Army and Navy'. The one example I found in the wild was from San Diego, so if native, was likely a Navy machine. It was as green as it could be.

[1917]

Talkophone - thank you for the link! I'm guessing these are hard to come by based on the comments I'm seeing. I tried to find an image or two myself, but came up short. I did find some interesting old photos of Victrolas. Anyone thought of an old Victrola/phonograph photo section? I'll start a thread here in a minute. Does anyone have any old photos showing Victrolas - i.e. originals? I'm on the hunt! Now if I can only find a WWI photo showing the Army Navy Edison...