Your right 1901...not 1900 Yes...the company went from The Universal Talking Machine Co. to the Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing Co. but I was always under the impression that Frank Seaman and Louis Valiquet (design) were involved in both operations. Who then was at the helm when it reappeared in December 1901?
The only reason I referenced October 1903 is that all the machines from this period forward have a paper label affixed to the bottom side of the machine that is dated Oct.1st 1903....the first day of the month that is. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Zonophone Page > In a message dated 2/21/2004 9:59:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Hence the first (Zono) bankruptcy in 1900...and the near or verge of > > bankruptcy in > > the fall of 1903 when Eldridge Johnson bought the assets of Seaman for $135K > > (October 1903). > > > ************ > There may be some confusion here. > > According tio PHP, the first Zonophone bankruptcy occurred in 1901 - the > sale of goods took place on Oct 28, 1901, in NYC. > > Johnson's new Victor Co did acquire the (re-organized) Universal Talking > Machine Mfg Co (Zono) in Sept 1903, but not from Seaman himself. The 135k was > paid out in 12 installments to G&T. > > Seaman would later re-appear to handle some of Edison's phono advertising > in the 1920s. > > Allen > www.phonobooks.com > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
