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While researching a dealer from which one of my machines was originally purchased from in Catskill, NY, I found this website, which has an incredible amount of volumes available for free as PDF files, here's one article:

http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1905-4 ... -26-41.pdf

I especially like the remark that the Auxetophone can be heard 3 miles away! The search function is a little iffy, but I had a lot of fun just perusing through some of the issues today. If you click on the "Previous Menu" link at the top of the page above, it will bring you to links to all the issues of the "Music Trade Review" they have for viewing online. Enjoy, I did and will continue to!

Here's a link just to a "Victor Talking Machine" search which brings up lots of stuff, but not nearly everything I found by just reading certain issues:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/se ... 0&search=1

Sean

This is a great online resource - - I've been using it for a couple of years, and you're right: the search function is a bit sketchy. Still, by knowing the approximate time frame of what you're looking for, you can just scan through the issues and if the information's there, you'll find it. Sometimes lots of unexpected stuff too!

George P.

Thanks for the info, Sean!

Very good online source, thank you!

Nifty resource Sean! Thanks!

Clay

Anytime! It's been a ton of fun seeing who was dealing what machines in certain areas around here. I've been able to locate lots of information I never would have known about otherwise and tracking down even where these dealers were. I even got to the point of looking up the buildings on google maps and finding pictures. Fascinating stuff. Who knew a tiny town like Catskill, NY, for example had at least TWO Victor dealers on the same street, one was a dedicated Victor dealer and the other carried Victor and Edison, apparently, as well as Western Electric generators and pianos in the early 20s.

I still haven't found anything for dealers in my town or the one next to mine, which is odd, since both are very old towns that had lots of money, machines and records back then while Albany, a trolley or bus ride away, had several Victor dealers, at least 10 so far that I've found.

Sean