[78-L] turn of the century boombox

Ron L'Herault lherault at bu.edu
Mon Nov 1 10:42:45 PDT 2010


Maybe the fellow to the right was playing some kind of rhythm to the
recorded sound, such as playing spoons or bones?

Ron L

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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>

> Or just waiting for a streetcar..? dl

But notice that some of the people who fully show up in this time
exposure -- meaning they were standing still for a few seconds -- are
there facing the phonograph.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

On 11/1/2010 10:55 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.shorpy.com/node/9251?size=_original
>
> Hennepin County, Minnesota, ca. 1906
>
> If you look in the bottom of the photograph there is someone with a
> gramophone sitting on a bench on the street corner, perhapsa serenading
> passers by?
>
> joe salerno

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