Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono topics

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Mon May 11, 2020 6:28 pm

Late Baby Boomers AKA “Generation Jones” unimpressed with old Victrola.

Indifference to older stuff isn’t just a “millennial” thing.

February 6, 1977

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Tue May 12, 2020 2:03 pm

Saw this ad in a January 18, 1981 newspaper. What in the world???

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Wed May 13, 2020 9:24 pm

Ok. Back to the collectors!

Texas collector: March 5, 1990

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Thu May 14, 2020 4:49 pm

Kentucky collectors: July 30, 1963

I wonder how many ACTUALLY have an Edison from 1887 or 1888?

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Thu May 14, 2020 9:54 pm

A 1900 Ad for something called “The Vitaphone”. Used paper records.

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Thu May 14, 2020 10:05 pm

The oldest newspaper Ad for Victor I could find that used Nipper.

April 21, 1901

Just for fun I decided to post the whole page.

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Fri May 15, 2020 10:00 pm

Berliner Gramophone ad : December 12, 1897

phonogfp · Post by **phonogfp** » Fri May 15, 2020 10:14 pm

This ad shows one of Frank Seaman's experimental marketing terms for the Gramophone. The other was "Zonophone" - - years before the Zonophone as we know it appeared. The Berliner company put a stop to it.

It seems that the public was confusing the terms "Gramophone" and "Graphophone" much as they do today!

George P.

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Sat May 16, 2020 7:05 pm

Back to the collectors today.

Delaware collector: June 7, 1977

AmberolaAndy · Post by **AmberolaAndy** » Sat May 16, 2020 7:11 pm

phonogfp wrote:This ad shows one of Frank Seaman's experimental marketing terms for the Gramophone. The other was "Zonophone" - - years before the Zonophone as we know it appeared. The Berliner company put a stop to it.

It seems that the public was confusing the terms "Gramophone" and "Graphophone" much as they do today!

George P.

Well here’s an even EARLIER ad for the Gramophone. (Probably the oldest I’ve found on Newspapers.com)

April 9, 1896! (I’m posting the whole page)

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