Schoolhouse Victor Open Air Calisthenics

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Schoolhouse Victor Open Air Calisthenics

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Below are some pictures from the 1919 Catalogue of Victor Records showing school children performing open air calisthenics. In each of these photos you can see a Schoolhouse Victor Phonograph.

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In the first photo they must be dancing. At that age it's the only reason a guy would touch a yucky girl.
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:lol: So true.
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I'm surprised to see the Schoolhouse Phono has what looks like a speartip horn.
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I'm fairly new to external horn Vic's. Was a speartip horn uncommon for this model?
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novkev24 wrote:I'm fairly new to external horn Vic's. Was a speartip horn uncommon for this model?
According to Robert Baumbach's book Look For The Dog "the earliest instruments came with the standard Victor No. 31 [speartip] horn, but later machines featured a smooth-sided horn designed especially for the Victor XXV."
I'm not sure when the changeover came...perhaps with the larger tonearm? Anyone know?
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barnettrp21122 wrote: I'm not sure when the changeover came...perhaps with the larger tonearm? Anyone know?
According to Bob's VDB, the changeover came in October 1918.
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The last picture with all those cute little kids looks like it could be the first recorded instance of karaoke.
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