Victor 17 page albums?

[52089]

I bought a bunch of records today, about half of which were in various albums, one of which was a "fat" 17 page/sleeve Victor album. I've never seen that before. I suspect they only came with a small number of machines. Can anyone tell me a bit more? And does anyone need it? (Letter "C")

Thanks in advance.

[gramophone-georg]

I bought a bunch of records today, about half of which were in various albums, one of which was a "fat" 17 page/sleeve Victor album. I've never seen that before. I suspect they only came with a small number of machines. Can anyone tell me a bit more? And does anyone need it? (Letter "C")

Thanks in advance.

I have a bunch of these and can always use more. PM me details but if it's correct for someone's machine in need I will step aside.

[AZ*]

I bought a 1912 Victrola XVI (the first model after the L-door). It came with fat maroon albums with green pages and gold pull rings. Most of the albums fell apart, but I still have one 10" album that is intact. It only has 16 pages, however. I don't need any more, but thanks for offering.

[Inigo]

I'd love to have one hundred and a half of these albums in good shape, too store my collection! (I'd also need 40 in 12" size). It would cost a fortune!

[phonojim]

Actually, I would not use these for storage if I had any. Almost all of them that I have seen, including some I owned years ago had deteriorated beyond the point at which they could be used for storing records. Even those that were intact were in too delicate of a condition to be used.

\Jim

[mattrx]

It's my understanding that these were supplied with the late L-Door and early post-L-Door XVI's. I'm actually looking for some to complete an oak L-Door I have. I already have A, B & C. I need D, E, F & G in 12 inch to complete. I recently sourced the C or I'd send you a PM.

A few year's ago, I had a XVI that had a full set of these type of albums with the records the owner had purchased. I donated it to a local museum when I ran out of room. The machine had come from a local farmhouse where it had been for the last 100 years. It is still on display at the Bartlett Historical Society museum.

Matt

[Dischoard]

Not to hijack this post, but so coincidental that you bring this up because I found this chubby 16-page book just yesterday whilst going through albums in my attic and thought "dang, that's a fat book". Never occurred to me that it might actually belong to a particular machine. Seems strange that Victor would make a 17 page book and a 16 page book. I went and looked just to make page 17 was just missing but no, it's made that way.

[drh]

I have two or three of these 12" 17-page jobs in service as storage on my shelves. To be honest, when filled with records they are cumbersome and unwieldy. When I was working through a big bunch of duplicate records, while "dread" is too strong a word, I came to dislike pulling those things whenever a record that I needed to compare turned out to be in one.

[mattrx]

Not to hijack this post, but so coincidental that you bring this up because I found this chubby 16-page book just yesterday whilst going through albums in my attic and thought "dang, that's a fat book". Never occurred to me that it might actually belong to a particular machine. Seems strange that Victor would make a 17 page book and a 16 page book. I went and looked just to make page 17 was just missing but no, it's made that way.

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If it is a 10 inch album, I could use it to complete a set for my L-door. I need the 12 inch D, E, F, & G as well, but have yet to locate them. I have the A, B, C, H, and I albums (all 10 inch) but need one 10 inch J and the 12 inch D, E, F & G. Just in case anyone finds/has them.

Matt

[Dischoard]

If it is a 10 inch album, I could use it to complete a set for my L-door. I need the 12 inch D, E, F, & G as well, but have yet to locate them. I have the A, B, C, H, and I albums (all 10 inch) but need one 10 inch J and the 12 inch D, E, F & G. Just in case anyone finds/has them.

Matt

Well oddly enough mine's a J. Send me a message and we'll get this off to a machine that will appreciate it