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I scraped it away for you, see the link above. :) It was an early Edison Bell business phono, I believe. I think the best Edison trademark was the signature -- a word worth a thousand pictures. Edison agreed with you, that is why he did not buy the trademark. I enjoyed your observations on the old couple, I never thought of that. Steve >Do you think we can quietly and carefully scrape away the Berliner >machine paint job and reveal the Edison machine? (or was it an >Edison-Bell?). > >I think about the success of that Victor trademark in relation to >Edison's "Old Couple", which possibly did more to actually guarantee a >LACK of acceptance among the younger generation of early 20th century >phonograph buyers than the his choice of recording material. Like >Oldsmobile's misguided ad campaign-- "It's Not Your Father's >Oldsmobile" ended up reinforcing the perception that an Olds was more >like the old man's (not Old Man's) car than it did to convey otherwise. > I think the best Edison trademark was the signature -- a word worth a >thousand pictures. > >Andy Baron
