The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

Victor store in 1914.

Great image - - thanks for posting it, Rene.

That oak Victrola XII is sitting on what appears to be a sewing machine cabinet! This image puts to rest a preliminary theory I had that the oak XIIs (which were uncatalogued) were made up especially for Lyon & Healy. Until now, the only examples I had seen carried L&H dealer plates. Learn something new every day!

George P.

This image puts to rest a preliminary theory I had that the oak XIIs (which were uncatalogued) were made up especially for Lyon & Healy.

I have an oak XII with a beautiful decal from the Southern California Music Company.

Silvertone wrote:

This image puts to rest a preliminary theory I had that the oak XIIs (which were uncatalogued) were made up especially for Lyon & Healy.

I have an oak XII with a beautiful decal from the Southern California Music Company.

Now you tell me!

George P.

Now you tell me!

You never asked!

My Victrola is exactly like the one on the far right

The VTM banner sure looks familiar.. .

Thanks for posting this, René! Here is a picture of the exterior of the Hawley Piano Co.

https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt600025bq/

They were located at 917 MacDonald Avenue, just a few miles north from me. MacDonald Avenue is still one of the main commercial thoroughfares in Richmond. I wonder if I have any Victor records with their dealer sticker on it? I have quite a few from another Victor dealer in Richmond, I think the name of that one was "Adolph Reed."

Best wishes, Mark

Gotta say I love these pics of store interiors, especially if Victrolas or phonographs are involved.

Looking at these Victrolas, I noticed that all of the Exhibition reproducers have rubber flanges that look light (gray?) in color. I had always assumed that this was the result of oxidation of the natural rubber that they used. But these are all fairly new machines here, so it would seem that any oxidation wouldn't have had time to happen yet. Was this gray color a paint or sealer that Victor applied at the factory? Or are we seeing a distortion brought on by the photographic process? Just curious....

Kirkwood wrote:Gotta say I love these pics of store interiors, especially if Victrolas or phonographs are involved.

Looking at these Victrolas, I noticed that all of the Exhibition reproducers have rubber flanges that look light (gray?) in color. I had always assumed that this was the result of oxidation of the natural rubber that they used. But these are all fairly new machines here, so it would seem that any oxidation wouldn't have had time to happen yet. Was this gray color a paint or sealer that Victor applied at the factory? Or are we seeing a distortion brought on by the photographic process? Just curious....

They kind of look like this...