From the wording on the bill, you could be right. However, I also
found - in my deep, dank, archives - a flyer for the Monarch Talking
Machine Co. out of Menomonie WI. Although for a couple of late teens
upright internal horn models.
Could some little Wisconsin company have been quietly churning catalog
machines in the early days?
Loran
On Apr 17, 2008, at 5:52 PM, BruceY wrote:
> the history says that the Monarch Trade Mark was used on instruments
> for only one season. This seems to confirm my suspicions about the
> reason for the two names on the Promotional Program by the
> Exhibitor, making it a very unique and rare reference to the two
> different Trademarked Talking Machines Mfg. by Eldridge Johnson.
From bruce78...@comcast.net Thu Apr 17 18:36:09 2008
From: bruce78...@comcast.net (BruceY)
Date: Thu Apr 17 18:34:32 2008
Subject: [Phono-L] Monarch Talking Machine Program
References:
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More then likely that Monarch Company was part of the many many mostly
unsuccesful Companies who entered the Talking Machine Market when the Patent
rights for the Disc records and Talking Machines ran out in the late
19teens. I think it is really a stretch to hold out any hope that this
obscure little Company that you mention was churning out early Talking
Machines in those early days of ungoing patent disputes between Berliner,
Columbia Zonophone, and later Johnson's fledgling Company.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loran T. Hughes" <lo...@oldcrank.com>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Monarch Talking Machine Program
> From the wording on the bill, you could be right. However, I also found -
> in my deep, dank, archives - a flyer for the Monarch Talking Machine Co.
> out of Menomonie WI. Although for a couple of late teens upright internal
> horn models.
>
> Could some little Wisconsin company have been quietly churning catalog
> machines in the early days?
>
> Loran
>
> On Apr 17, 2008, at 5:52 PM, BruceY wrote:
>
>> the history says that the Monarch Trade Mark was used on instruments for
>> only one season. This seems to confirm my suspicions about the reason
>> for the two names on the Promotional Program by the Exhibitor, making it
>> a very unique and rare reference to the two different Trademarked
>> Talking Machines Mfg. by Eldridge Johnson.
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