Actually, that is not quite accurate. The Dubuque World's Fair spanned two years. The Fair ran from Dec. 1 1903, though March 1, 1904. Attendance was disappointing, and plans to open it again the following winter were shelved.
For this reason, it is not well remembered today. On ThursdaySeptember 18, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Burdette Walters wrote: > 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: RROCRREC at aol.com > 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 <batwings78rpm at msn.com> > 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 <john9ten at pacbell.net> > 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 <batwings78rpm at msn.com> > 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" <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> > 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" <batwings78rpm at msn.com> > 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" <edisone1 at verizon.net> > 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" <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> > 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 > *************************************** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
