[78-L] Why we collect

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Hi Steve,

Two recent remarks by you and David Lennick regarding your vast 
collections, reminded me of someone named Jacob S. Schneider, who had 
(in 1957) 450,000 jazz and popular records from 1888 to 1943.

Did anyone ever heard of him ?

BC
Le 14 janv. 09, à 05:35, Steven C. Barr a écrit :

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> In 1979, we bought our first house, after years of being squashed in
>> apartments. This one was a solid brick bungalow built around 1913, 
>> with
>> various
>> modifications performed over the years..one such was the addition of a
>> small
>> back room off the kitchen, with its own entrance. Great place to stow
>> records,
>> we thought, since I'd be able to take them directly from the car. As 
>> we
>> started
>> moving in, we put shelving units and a few loads of records in there 
>> one
>> day,
>> and then wondered on our next visit why they seemed to be a little 
>> lower.
>> Turned out that there was nothing under the floor, which had begun to 
>> come
>> away
>> from the wall along one side. We still used that room for records and 
>> cold
>> storage, as well as entertainment when the occasional cat (or who 
>> knows
>> what
>> else) came in through the new opening.
>>
> YOUR cat, one hopes...?!
> :-)
>
> ...stevenc
>
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