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Cool ad for Victor Records in a 1936 Sears Catalog
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 4:22 pm
by Dischoard
I'm sure many of you have said the same thing over the years...
... if I only had a time machine
Re: Cool ad for Victor Records in a 1936 Sears Catalog
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 8:49 pm
by Governor Flyball
55 cents in 1936 taking into account inflation is $12.50 today. This ad depicts how dire the situation in the depths of the great Depression and how badly the record business had deteriorated. Most had no money to buy food let alone records.
This should be instructive as we head into the next great depression.
Re: Cool ad for Victor Records in a 1936 Sears Catalog
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:10 pm
by Damfino59
Also Montgomery Wards also had a Victor connection also:
https://archive.org/details/78_pop-goes ... _flat.flac
The Blue Bird band was just a pseudonym for the good old Victor Military Band. A 1926 scroll label. I have this record. For some not valuable. But to me priceless
Just think of the Three Stooges & Punch Drunks 1934
