A Pathéphone entertains

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A Pathéphone entertains

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275012941670 ... %7Ciid%3A1

According to Google Translate the caption reads " Our paramedics at gramophone entertainment blooming snowball tree".
No doubt our German speaking members can do better than this.
The machine appears to be a Pathéphone adapted to play lateral cut records.
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Actually, nearly correct translation only missing the word "under": " Our paramedics at gramophone entertainment under blooming snowball tree". Not sure what a snowball tree is, but that's what they wrote :D

Nice picture!
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alang wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:47 pm Actually, nearly correct translation only missing the word "under": " Our paramedics at gramophone entertainment under blooming snowball tree". Not sure what a snowball tree is, but that's what they wrote :D

Nice picture!
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"Snowball tree", also known as "Guelder rose":
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum_opulus
You can see some of the blossoms in the vase...

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