Photos tagged as victrola
Travel Photography Photos tagged as victrola
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, White House Model
Wes was my guide for the upstairs portion of the museum. This is the Victrola model used in the Music Room in the White House in 1910.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Radio Model
When Victrola first incorporated radio's and record players, they put the vacuum tubes outside so they could be easily changed
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Reproducers
Early record players had no electronics. Needles had to magnify sound using mechanical devices only, which were called reproducers. Initially they used mica, but later moved to aluminum.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Portable
There were several portable record players (100% mechanical, no electronics) on display. They were very cute, but didn't produce very good sound.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Nipper Painting
This is one of the most famous advertising trademark's ever developed. There were about 12 paintings made, including this one at the museum. Nipper (the dog, was owned by the artists brother. The painting is titled "His Master's Voice".
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Nipper Display
One of the more popular exhibits at the museum is this display of various advertising uses of 'Nipper' from the painting.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Johnson Portriat
Eldridge R. Johnson founded the Victrola Talking Machine Company in 1901 after developing the spring motor working with Emile Berliner on his early gramophone.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Horns
Just an artistic display of early gramophone horns. These machines didn't have loud speakers but magnified sound using horns.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Horn in a Box Model
Middle era gramaphones (pre electronic) located the horn inside the box. This way, it was out of the way and didn't get dusty. Sound could also be left louder (by opening the doors) or made softer (by closing them)
- Date: 21 November 2007
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- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Grammy
E.R. Johnson was awarded this Grammy in 1985 for elevating the 'talking machine' "...from a scientific toy to a commercial article of great value."
- Date: 21 November 2007
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- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum
This is located in Dover, Delaware near the State Capital. Victrola's are a very early form of phonograph (record player)
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Early Horn Model
This model is probably from around 1905 (I forgot to take a picture of the tag).
- Date: 21 November 2007
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- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Emile Berliner Photo
Emile Berliner formed a company to marked a model of record player (gramophone) in 1895. Johnson developed the spring wound moter to improve this device and also produced other metal parts for Berliner's company. He also developed a mechanical mouthpiece which he sold to Alexander Graham Bell for $75,000 plus $5,000 per year.
- Date: 21 November 2007
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- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Early Recording Session
Before electronic microphones were introduced, recordings were captured acoustically using a giant horn such as this to move a needle to scratch the master record. This is Rosairo Bourdon and the Victor Salon Orchastra in a 1910 recording session.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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Day 81 - Johnson Victrola Museum, Edison Gramophone
This is a very early model gramophone by Edison. It used a tinfoil recording surface and was hand cranked, which did not produce a uniform speed.
- Date: 21 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Dover, USA
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