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Whodunnit?
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gramophone78
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drh
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Re: Whodunnit?
(Double-click the video above or click this link to go to the video on YouTube.)
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epigramophone
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Re: Whodunnit?
This Decca "Trench" portable gramophone was shot but survived into preservation :
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HMVDevotee
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Re: Whodunnit?
What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert
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Nat
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Re: Whodunnit?
Surely that's a 'phonocide' - a term we really need to cover some of the mangled corpses we find.
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epigramophone
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Re: Whodunnit?
It is preserved in the Science Museum. Here is it's story : https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-g ... diered-on/HMVDevotee wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:53 am What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert
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HMVDevotee
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Re: Whodunnit?
Very interesting read... thanks!epigramophone wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 1:31 pmIt is preserved in the Science Museum. Here is it's story : https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-g ... diered-on/HMVDevotee wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:53 am What an incredible image; a chilling piece of history. I hope this is in a British museum.
Robert
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