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gramophone-georg wrote:

Curt A wrote:Lizzie Hauser's house in Akron... neat to know where your phonograph resided...

West Union is actually down by Cincinnati, just the Ohio side of the Ohio River. Akron is nearly 4 hours away, south of Cleveland. I lived in Cincinnati from 1971-3 and Akron from 1974-91 so I know a little bit about this.

George, you are right... The problem comes in when you search for the address and Realtor.com brings up this picture and listing. I did the search again and apparently the house at 112 E. North St., Akron, Ohio no longer exists. I am posting a GOOGLE street picture of the location as it appears currently and a map....

Great find!! And, great job researching and documenting the history!! I am a true believer that the stories behind the item(s) are really neat to know and add enjoyment to the piece. Forgive me if this advice is buried in the previous posts/replies and I missed it, but make sure the documentation stays "with" the machine for future generations in case it is destined for a museum or high end auction in the future....

I am making a point to document all my past owners' stories, print them out, and stick them in close proximity to the machine. Slowly.... There are only so many hours in the day...

Curt A wrote:

gramophone-georg wrote:

Curt A wrote:Lizzie Hauser's house in Akron... neat to know where your phonograph resided...

West Union is actually down by Cincinnati, just the Ohio side of the Ohio River. Akron is nearly 4 hours away, south of Cleveland. I lived in Cincinnati from 1971-3 and Akron from 1974-91 so I know a little bit about this.

George, you are right... The problem comes in when you search for the address and Realtor.com brings up this picture and listing. I did the search again and apparently the house at 112 E. North St., Akron, Ohio no longer exists. I am posting a GOOGLE street picture of the location as it appears currently and a map....

As I said in an earlier post DEMOLISHED

soundgen wrote:So who was W Teusner / Teubner 112 E North Street Akron who pokered the address in the bottom it wasn't Lizzie so how did she get it ? , are the census dates available for this time and location ?

Mystery Solved:
William J Teubner was the original owner of David's phonograph (attributed to Lizzie Hauser) and lived at 112 East North St., Akron, OH at the time of his marriage in 1917...
He died in Akron on August 26, 1962 at age 73. How Lizzie ended up with his phonograph is anybody's guess, but he probably sold or gave it to her when he sold his house to her.

Curt A wrote:

soundgen wrote:So who was W Teusner / Teubner 112 E North Street Akron who pokered the address in the bottom it wasn't Lizzie so how did she get it ? , are the census dates available for this time and location ?

Mystery Solved:
William J Teubner was the original owner of David's phonograph (attributed to Lizzie Hauser) and lived at 112 East North St., Akron, OH at the time of his marriage in 1917...
He died in Akron on August 26, 1962 at age 73. How Lizzie ended up with his phonograph is anybody's guess, but he probably sold or gave it to her when he sold his house to her.

Very Neat ! be good to know when Lizzie moved in between 1917 and 1938 Teubner must have left it behind !

Curt,

Thank you so much for doing all that research! Its really cool to know so much about this particular machine.

When I have time, I will write down this information and fame it with the newspaper article. I would certainly like this phonograph to be a permanent member of my collection But if I ever do have to sell it, I will make sure the documentation stays with it.


Cheers

David

Interesting- that machine came from right near my old stamping grounds in Akron. If you look at Curt's last Google map, at about 5:00 or so you will see Buchtel Ave and Carrol St, bracketed by Rte 8 and E. Market- that's the location of the University of Akron where I was an undergrad in the 70s. Family friends of ours owned a VW shop on Arlington called "The Little Bug Shop". Later, in the 80s I was a manager with KMart Enterprises and my home base was the KMart on Arlington. I rented a house with some college buddies on N. Howard between Cuyahoga and Glenwood for awhile. I am even familiar with St. Vincent's Cemetery!

Incidentally- the Kratz Piano Co. was in the same neighborhood on E. Howard. They were a Victor dealer, and must have sold Edison products as well. There's a still crated DD machine that's been discussed on here that came from Kratz. I knew Janice Kratz from a part time retail gig in college. Her mother, Eileen, was still running the show at Kratz at that time. It was interesting to see that machine pop up on here and be discussed some time ago.

https://www.victorrecords.com/ohio

Soundgen asked: "Very Neat ! be good to know when Lizzie moved in between 1917 and 1938 Teubner must have left it behind !"

I checked the Akron, Ohio City Directories between 1930 and 1935. Between 1930 and 1933, Alexander and Lizzie Hauser were living on Cuyahoga St. which almost runs directly into North St. Sometime during 1934 and 1935 they moved to 112 E. North St.

Alexander apparently was a fireman...

This house still exists...
https://www.zillow.com/b/533-Cuyahoga-S ... ll/#mmlb-0