Interesting Victor Type D find

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ImperialGuardsman
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Re: Interesting Victor Type D find

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Hmm, so that machine was bought in Chicago over 100 years ago and ended up in a podunk town in Oregon. Amazing.
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Re: Interesting Victor Type D find

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ImperialGuardsman wrote:Hmm, so that machine was bought in Chicago over 100 years ago and ended up in a podunk town in Oregon. Amazing.
Not necessarily bought in Chicago. To quote the Messrs. Fabrizio & Paul's excellent Antique Phonograph Advertising: an Illustrated History, page 80: "Lyon & Healy of Chicago was one of the foremost sellers and distributors of talking machines in the Midwest." You'll also find on the same page a photo of one of L&H's dealer tags applied to a Victor machine; albeit in this case not at the same place as the Victor plate.

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Re: Interesting Victor Type D find

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Hmmm, interesting! My MS looks like your D, and my D looks like a Victor 5. Russie
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