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Washington, DC. Circa 1921. Looks to be a Pathé in the window.

Clay

FloridaClay wrote:Washington, DC. Circa 1921. Looks to be a Pathé in the window.

Clay

Boy, do I miss the days of dressed Christmas display windows in storefronts...

FloridaClay wrote:Washington, DC. Circa 1921. Looks to be a Pathé in the window.

Clay

Looks more like a Vocalion, actually (the record labels are a giveaway)...

Bill

Agree with Tink. I miss the real Christmas storefront displays. Everything is cookie cutter now.

Also agree with Luc. Looks like a Vocalion to me.

Definitely an Aeolian-Vocalian -- the small grill and Graduola plunger on the left side of the cabinet are my clues.

JohnM wrote:Definitely an Aeolian-Vocalian -- the small grill and Graduola plunger on the left side of the cabinet are my clues.

You are probably right. There is a Pathé with a similar grille in Pathé Records and Phonographs in America, 1914-1922, but it has much more eleborate feet.

Clay

I love period photos. There is always much more to at besides the obvious. Thanks, Jerry

I thought it was interesting that this photo is presently listed for sale on Amazon. Below is the actual listing.

McHugh & Lawson,window
by HistoricalFindings
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Price: $8.99

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Ships from and sold by HistoricalFindings.
Product Description
8x12in Photographic Print from a high-quality scan of the original.

Title: McHugh & Lawson, window
Date Created/Published: [between 1921 and 1922]
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.
Date from negatives in same range.
End of caption torn off.
Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.
This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.
Temp. note: Batch seven.
Glass negatives.
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Interesting photo. Thomas Edison had a Hallet & Davis piano.
This was not a high end,big city store.

Gleemanguy wrote:I thought it was interesting that this photo is presently listed for sale on Amazon.

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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Yes, these are publically held photographs from the Library of Congress. A couple of companies take them and make prints to sell. The one I put up came from the website of Shorpy.com, which does this also. I visit their site often because I like to use the photos they put up as Windows wallpaper. Occasionally I buy a print to support them because I like the site.

A convenience if you want a print, but in many cases you can just go straight to the LOC's website, open the file, and make your own print gratis (except for the cost of the photo paper and ink). And they have a lot of interesting phonograph related pics. Just go to http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ and do a search for phonograph. Thousands of other fascinating photos there as well.

Clay