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Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:38 am
by Garret
Tempus Fugit..

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:04 am
by NEFaurora
I could not help but notice... What's that Dealer Plate say on the front of that Suitcase Home..???!?? How 'bout a pic of it?

I am dying to see it....unlike the original owner who is already dead!

:o)

Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:17 am
by gramophone-georg
Garret wrote:Tempus Fugit..
"Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas." -Groucho

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:33 am
by cheryla
What is the serial number mine is 232 closed or open top works?

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:17 am
by schweg

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:30 am
by soundgen
gramophone-georg wrote:
Garret wrote:Tempus Fugit..
"Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas." -Groucho
I thought it was "Time flies like an arrow , Fruit flies like bananas"

Either way that's why AI don't work 'cos it can't understand us folk !

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:32 am
by kirtley2012
The Home is the one from this thread, SN 1789, the brass plaque is from Edisonia when the machine was imported into the UK

viewtopic.php?t=43951

It's still waiting for a carriage but it's nearly ready to sing

Re: I found my 1897 Edison Home’s original owner!

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:38 am
by emerson
Dad, Mom said when you left us ---we would never find you. Well, in England! You owe me a lot of lunch money. Mom also said I look like your side of the family?