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Re: Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:33 am
by Allens Archive
The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
Re: Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:07 pm
by Roaring20s
Allens Archive wrote:The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
Yes it was. This is popular comic strip of the same period...
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.
Re: Interesting political PHONOGRAPH postcard
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:39 am
by Lucius1958
Roaring20s wrote:Allens Archive wrote:The word "fiend" was another word for addict 100-120 years ago.
Yes it was. This is popular comic strip of the same period...
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.
I love McCay's work: I did an
homage to it some years ago.
BTW, that tune you mention has an interesting history, having been released under several different titles, including "The Brooklyn Cakewalk".
- Bill