Original Owners of the Phonographs I Have Shown

[HINES1942]

Hi

Just for further interest, I have included a photograph of the shop from which the three phonographs came and also a photograph of one of the brothers who used larger machines to give concerts. I do not have the phonograph shown in this photograph but I do have four of the large concert disks shown supporting the phonograph. The shop owner would have a local artist create advertising posters for the shop window, one of which you can see in the photograph, I am fortunate to have two examples of these advertising posters, unfortunately not the one shown in the photograph but they are all based on a similar theme. If anyone would like to see the posters I am happy to post a couple of images, if this is the right place.

Yours

Martin

[PeterF]

Please keep posting - this is a lot of fun!

[travisgreyfox]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. Do you have dates for the photos?

[HINES1942]

Hi

The one showing the concert phonograph and cylinders has a postage mark for 1904, so I think would just be before this date. He would pull a cart through the town advertising what was on offer, I have included an original advertising card showing the cart and what the shop offered at the time.

Regards

Martin

[Lucius1958]

The photo of the shop window must be at least from 1911, as it shows a version of the picture from the Scott Expedition.

Bill

[HINES1942]

Hi Bill

I think you are right I can see the word 'South' on the poster and the subject would seem to be as you suggest. I have included a couple of images of the posters I have on the European Machine forum, they also hung in the window. The two songs they advertise were published in sheet music around 1909 so these will probably date from a similar period. I think the 'John Willie Come On' may have been sung by George Formby Senior as he was from Lancashire.

Yours

Martin