Pics of Early Collectors

[gsphonos]

Thank you Rene! I couldn’t quite remember what Michael Khanchalian brought, and that was it! Yes, I believe that is his machine made by Bill. I should have remembered. Ray had another tinfoil in his back office/garage/room (among others!), and I thought this was it!

Mike Sorter

[Inigo]

A very nice photo! You could sell copies on ebay, and surely they'd teach high prices!

[edisonplayer]

Any photos of my late friend Jerry Donnell in there?He was an early collector.edisonplayer.

[Kirkwood]

Any photos of my late friend Jerry Donnell in there?

I went through the photos on my computer, and came up empty. He'd been interviewed for the Washington Times years ago, around 1980-something, but nothing popped up on-line.

[Valecnik]

In this picture, the fellow on the far left is Rick Wilkins. The fellow on the far right is Jerry Madsen:

Wilkins Madsen.jpg

This thread would be a sobering revelation to some in the Facebook crowd whose self-worth appears to be based on what they own and publicizing it. These 40 year-old pictures show outstanding collections...yet their owners are nearly forgotten.

I wonder where some of those machines are today.

Boy, this picture takes me back:

Union1970s.jpg

Two or three large tents like this set up behind the original building (later converted into the restaurant), and all stuffed with phonographs and records. It took about 90 minutes to make a circuit. Those were the days!

George P.

George, the fellow on the left is Charles Bradley, not Rick Wilkins. Jerry Madsen is on the right.

[phonogfp]

George, the fellow on the left is Charles Bradley, not Rick Wilkins. Jerry Madsen is on the right.

Really? I'll take your word for it, Bruce, but he sure looks like Rick Wilkins (ca. 1980) to me!

George P.

[edisonclassm]

I will corroborate Bruce's statement. It was not Rick. Just kinda looks like him. Rick does not wear glasses. Chuck Bradley and Dewitt Bills used to accompany Jerry Madsen to the Union show years ago.

[FellowCollector]

George, the fellow on the left is Charles Bradley, not Rick Wilkins. Jerry Madsen is on the right.

I also had wondered how this fellow in the picture could be Rick Wilkins when I noticed his height relative to others in the picture. Rick Wilkins stopped in to our home for a brief visit back in 1995 and I'm 6'3" (barefoot) and Rick was considerably taller than me. I'm guessing that Rick is at least 6'6" or 6'7". I kept silent about George's comment thinking if it was indeed Rick Wilkins in the picture that he must have been crouching down for the picture for whatever reason. Good to have this curiosity cleared up.

Doug

For what it's worth here's a later picture of Rick Wilkins standing on the left that I found online. As you can see he's quite tall:

[phonogfp]

For what it's worth here's a later picture of Rick Wilkins standing on the left that I found online. As you can see he's quite tall:

Rick-Wilkins-on Left-in Photo.jpg

Wait a minute - that can't be Rick - - he's wearing glasses!

George P.