[78-L] turn of the century boombox

[martha]

 "FUND" is what's visible on his hat  ....  and I do see an arc light down 
the block, so never mind the streetlight observation

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From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] turn of the century boombox


>  By enlarging the biggest version of this pic & adjusting the gamma, I can
> see that the phono is on a little wagon, and the men are pretty sad cases.
> The guy on the right appears to be missing part or all of his left hand.
> Spanish-American War vets?   He's also got some kind of large lettering on
> his hatband.
>
> No street lights, gas or electric, in this scene - not even on the
> buildings.  Odd.
>
>
>
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>> Don't know if the "turn of the century boombox" pictured in 1906 was a
>> revenue producer -- kind of a busker's orchestra for musically challenged
>> balladeers like me.