I'm persuaded that there is a very similar thread somewhere, but even if I tried many combinations of keywords I can't seem to find it. Nevermind.
We went for a short trip to Palermo, Sicily, and when on the main road of Cefalù, I spotted a shop that seemingly used to be a gramophone dealer "in those days". In order to remark their experience in commerce, they still have the old signboard. I suppose they switched from gramophones to radiograms and later to generic home appliences, wisely following the market's requests while remaining in the same product category.
Does anyone have pictures to share of shops that still proudly show signs of having been gramophone shops "back then"?
Surviving gramophone shops.
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Re: Surviving gramophone shops.
Would they sell that sign?
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife