[78-L] music for exercising

[martha]

 A special set ; there's even a set for sale, right now: 
http://tinyurl.com/nt2dr9

 Victrola No.50 was the model (and the price, I think) ..  they also had a 
Victrola 35, same deal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: [78-L] music for exercising


>I just found an advertisement from mid August 1922 for Victor
> Records-- it was in a number of newspapers.  It advertised a
> "Portable Victrola No. 50" and a set of exercise records.  As you all
> know, I am not an expert in the machines of the 78 era-- so, was
> there a portable Victrola number 48 or 49, or was 50 just a brand
> name?  Also, what  were the records that went along with the
> record-player?  The ad says the records were specially designed to be
> used in an exercise regimen-- but it doesn't explain what songs they
> were.  It just says they will enable people to "Exercise to
> Music".  The records are only described as "three double-faced Victor
> Records for Health Exercises," sold in a "compact container" and
> planned by an (alleged) authority named Professor Charles H. Collins.
> Any further explanation would be very interesting for me, and I'd
> appreciate it.