Great pictures! On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Robin & Joan Rolfs <[email protected]>wrote:
> Greetings, > > We would like to share photos and the following report of the Union 2010 > show and sale. > > June 12, 2010 collectors met at the 35th phonograph & music box show and > sale. But it was really 46 years ago that The Early Talking Machine Club of > America was founded in 1964 by Larry Donley and Glen Oaldon, who ran a > Chicago Tribune ad looking to start a club. The first few meetings were at > Oaldon's house with about 5 members. Larry Donley had a gas station on 26th > St.and Berwyn with a sign in the window wanting phonographs. Phonographs > were common in antique shops (brass belled horn machines $35.00 and wood > horn Victors for $75.00) but there were no flea markets yet. > > The first Union Show was organized in 1975 by Larry Donley with a handful > of club members and dealers. This has grown to the largest phonograph show > in the country with dealers coming from many states across the US and > countries abroad. The Donley boys, Randy and Mike have kept the tradition > going by putting together one of the biggest and best phonograph and music > box sale in the world. We thanked the Donley boys by having them dance to > the music of a custom made phonograph toy created for the enjoyment and > amazement of the Union crowd. The "one of a kind" commemorative dancers > were auctioned off with profits to benefit the Edison Birthplace Museum, > Milan, Ohio and the Friends of Edison, Edison National Historic Park, > Orange, NJ. > > We wished Larry Donley a happy 80th birthday as we celebrated the 35th > Union Show. > Visit www.wimaps.org to view photos of friends and activities that took > place at Union, June 11-13, 2010. > > Robin & Joan Rolfs > Visit us at: > www.audioantique.com > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
