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I have seen and own a few Victor and Columbia storefront advertisement, record holders and storefront accessories but does anybody have or seen Edison advertisements (Not ads but the stuff put in the storefronts) in real life? I must be sheltered away from that kind of stuff but personally I have never seen any except for in old pictures and would like to know if anybody owns some and if you could post some pictures of them.

I would recommend looking at buying some of the Paul/Fabrizio books. They are all great. You will see many different company's (Edison too) signs,banners, displays,etc A feast for the eyes..... There are also several threads in our archive that show some great storefront and indoor store display items.

This is a canvas banner that was about 42" X 130". One of them is hung up in Donley's Wild West Museum in the phonograph room. The one pictured below is not in the Donley collection and I don't remember where I got the photographs of it.

This is my one and only store advertising piece. "The New Edison" was the name used for the Diamond Disc machines for a while. It was very cheap because of the condition. It's missing the top 6 inches or so and has rust and numerous bullet holes. The other side is very badly faded. My theory is that this side was facing someone's barn for decades and the faded side was used for target practice. Still better than nothing!

Here is a storefront with the canvas banner.

52089 wrote:This is my one and only store advertising piece. "The New Edison" was the name used for the Diamond Disc machines for a while. It was very cheap because of the condition. It's missing the top 6 inches or so and has rust and numerous bullet holes. The other side is very badly faded. My theory is that this side was facing someone's barn for decades and the faded side was used for target practice. Still better than nothing!

The bullet holes make for a better conversation piece: "Rumor has it the Victor gang shot the thing to bits!"