[78-L] turn of the century boombox

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

In 1906, were there many people that had never seen or experienced such 
a device? Or just thought it unusual for someone to be on the street 
with one? They are rather large. Seems kind of unlikely to me, but I 
don't know. I wasn't there.

joe salerno


On 11/1/2010 11:32 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Street cars were REALLY slow that day.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/1/2010 12:31 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>
>> 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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