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Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
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Allens Archive
- Victor Jr
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The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
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Roaring20s
- Victor V
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Re: Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
Yes it was. This is popular comic strip of the same period...Allens Archive wrote:The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/10 ... d-volume-1
There was a silent film about this and a Edison cylinder with this title, too.
James.
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Lucius1958
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Re: Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
I love McCay's work: I did an homage to it some years ago.Roaring20s wrote:Yes it was. This is popular comic strip of the same period...Allens Archive wrote:The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/10 ... d-volume-1
There was a silent film about this and a Edison cylinder with this title, too.
James.
BTW, that tune you mention has an interesting history, having been released under several different titles, including "The Brooklyn Cakewalk".
- Bill