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In the time before most people had access to flash photography the best results were obtained outside. This couple have moved the gramophone into the back yard, where the lady is accompanying the record on the mandolin whilst the gentleman, [cigarette] in hand, looks on. For some unknown reason the word "cigarette" has been substituted for the three letter word which I posted.
Perhaps that word has a different meaning in the USA than it does in the UK, where it is a colloquial description of a cigarette.

I cannot identify the machine, but the label seen in the record in the album reminds a Gennett?

Thank you for posting. I love to see these old images and this one gives a good view of the machine. The horn is reminiscent of Columbia. I agree with Inigo it does look like a Gennett record but were these sold in the UK? Perhaps a Pathé Actuelle?

Obviously you posted ‘f a g in hand’. This is common colloquial slang for cigarette in the UK and should surely be allowed in this section. I dread to think what the folks in the US would make of ‘f a g butts’ but fortunately I don’t see an ashtray there.

jamiegramo wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:43 am I agree with Inigo it does look like a Gennett record but were these sold in the UK? Perhaps a Pathé Actuelle?

Was the Australian "Angelus" label ever sold in the UK?
It was a copy of the Gennett label only with the name changed (still using the same font), and it used US Gennett, Crown, Paramount, Cameo, Grey Gull, & English Imperial masters.

jamiegramo wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:43 am
Obviously you posted ‘f a g in hand’. This is common colloquial slang for cigarette in the UK and should surely be allowed in this section. I dread to think what the folks in the US would make of ‘f a g butts’ but fortunately I don’t see an ashtray there.

It referred to cigarettes when I was a kid, and I grew up buying boxes of lolly cigarettes that were labelled thus.
In the 1990's it was deemed offensive to the LBGT community so they were renamed Fads which they are still sold as today.
I think my favourite use of the word though comes from the movie comedy made by the makers of South Park, called "Team America", but using puppets, where it is used as an abbreviation for the Film Actors Guild.

God save us from the politically correct Gestapo .
The blemish on the photo almost looks like a f*g (cigarette) burn .

In Italian the word for bassoon is "fagotto," compare Middle English "fagot" or "f a g g o t," "a bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together" (American Heritage Dictorinary).

epigramophone wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:42 am God save us from the politically correct Gestapo

Well said Sir!

Barry

gramophoneshane wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:36 am

jamiegramo wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:43 am I agree with Inigo it does look like a Gennett record but were these sold in the UK? Perhaps a Pathé Actuelle?

Was the Australian "Angelus" label ever sold in the UK?
It was a copy of the Gennett label only with the name changed (still using the same font), and it used US Gennett, Crown, Paramount, Cameo, Grey Gull, & English Imperial masters.

I don’t believe so. Just the much later ‘Angel’ label.

Henry wrote: Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:17 am In Italian the word for bassoon is "fagotto," compare Middle English "fagot" or "f a g g o t," "a bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together" (American Heritage Dictorinary).

It’s true ‘f a g g o t s’ are often burnt as fuel and in the West Country of England they eat them. I once tried one but didn’t like it much.

I love the reference to the ‘f*g burn’. I’m sure it is. Actually it gives the photo a bit of character in view of the chap smoking. Part of its history. I think you would always find a f*g burn on my grandparents furniture.