Contraption w/ D Reproducer and Mandrel

[Andersun]

Anyone know what this used to be?

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Steve

[estott]

Maybe some kind of illustrated song device with pictures moving on a roll of paper as the record played. I think it was built with more mechanism than was needed so all the gears and levers would entertain people. I also think it is not nearly as ancient as it appears, maybe 40's-50's.

[Uncle Vanya]

Maybe some kind of illustrated song device with pictures moving on a roll of paper as the record played. I think it was built with more mechanism than was needed so all the gears and levers would entertain people. I also think it is not nearly as ancient as it appears, maybe 40's-50's.

You've got it!

The House of David religious cult built these "old timey" illustrated song machines in their shops, and operated them in the Arcade in their Eden Springs Park in Benton Harbor. A lot of House of Davis stuff has been scattered all over the lower peninsula since the closure of Eden Springs in the late 1960's.