1903 World's Fair in Dubuque, Iowa............That's a new one..........and gee, I lived in Iowa all my life.......................... Burdette E. Walters
Today's Topics: ? 1. Re: Phono-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 254 (RROCRREC at aol.com) ? 2. What a Beauty !!!! (Douglas Curran) ? 3. Re: What a Beauty !!!! (john robles) ? 4. Re: What a Beauty !!!! (BruceY) ? 5. Re: What a Beauty !!!! (Dan K) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:22:21 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 254 To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Message-ID: <c04.47455828.3602dd1d at aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 9/17/2008 12:23:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, phono-l-request at oldcrank.org writes: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html At least you can see what is wrong if something breaks. Positive thought. Larry **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.? ? ? (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:43:34 -0400 From: Douglas Curran <[email protected]> Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Message-ID: <BAY104-W3786FA4DD5DD69BECB4BDEB64F0 at phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Greetings: A friend and collector writes the following re http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html ===================================================================== "Wow!? One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones!? I surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain price.? As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines.? None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have after all.? That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it.? Thanks for sharing!? I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that case.? The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." ===================================================================== Cheers, etc. Doug -- _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:51:39 -0700 (PDT) From: john robles <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Message-ID: <942911.1294.qm at web83004.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Priceless. --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Douglas Curran <batwings78rpm at msn.com> wrote: From: Douglas Curran <[email protected]> Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:43 PM Greetings: A friend and collector writes the following re http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html ===================================================================== "Wow!? One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones!? I surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain price.? As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines.? None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have after all.? That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it.? Thanks for sharing!? I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that case.? The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." ===================================================================== Cheers, etc. Doug -- _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:57:56 -0400 From: "BruceY" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Message-ID: <001801c9193a$5abdde40$6401a8c0 at user52c8f93503> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; ??? reply-type=original That is priceless, someone should send it to the generous seller who is listing it, so he or she can incorporate it into the description. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Curran" <[email protected]> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:43 PM Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! > > Greetings: > > A friend and collector writes the following re > > http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html > > ===================================================================== > > "Wow!? One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones!? I > surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain > price.? As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in > a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's > Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the > clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two > firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines. > None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory > following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the > shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have > after all.? That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it. > Thanks for sharing!? I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that > case.? The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular > glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to > remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." > > ===================================================================== > > Cheers, etc. > > > Doug -- > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:38:03 -0400 From: "Dan K" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Message-ID: <E781197D78F1497696A5D01F030257AE at lap2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; ??? reply-type=original Yes, but some poor soul will BELIEVE it and pay out the nose for the thing ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "BruceY" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! > That is priceless, someone should send it to the generous seller who is > listing it, so he or she can incorporate it into the description. > > Bruce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Curran" <batwings78rpm at msn.com> > To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:43 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!! > ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org End of Phono-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 255 ***************************************
