[78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label

[Royal Pemberton]

Ewing Nunn marketed a toy called Hoot-Nanny.  It had two mechanical arms
that held pencils, and the arms could be arranged (in conjunction with its
internal mechanism) to make geometric drawings on circular sheets of paper
that fit into a central turntable on the toy.  I have one that belonged to
my dad when he was a child; it was called the Hoot-Nanny No 2.  From the
looks of it it dates from somewhere between the late 1920s and very early
1930s.

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Bertrand CHAUMELLE <chaumelle at orange.fr>wrote:

> Hootenanny as a word was already there around 1925 (meaning gadget,
> thingamajing)
>
> BC
>
> Le 8 mai 10, à 02:42, Cary Ginell a écrit :
>
> >
> >
> > Right around that same time, Texas Jim Lewis led a band called the
> > Lone Star Cowboy in a session held for Decca on August 15, 1941. One
> > of the songs was called "Hootin' Nannie Annie," which featured a
> > contraption (kind of like what Spike Jones used in his band) that he
> > called a "hootin' nanny," consisting of washboards, automobile horns,
> > cowbells, fire bells, sirens, guns, etc. This song was issued on Decca
> > DE-6001. This probably predates Seeger's estimation of the song's
> > origins, so it probably goes back even further. Somewhere there was
> > research done on the term but I can't put my finger on it and I'm
> > heading out the door in a couple of minutes.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
>
>
>
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