[78-L] Seeking Caruso in car photo

[simmonssomer]

Great pic. I notice that the steering wheel is on the right. I wonder who or 
what caused us to  permanently
swing it over to the left.
Maybe the same guy who decided that  turntables turn clockwise.

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeking Caruso in car photo


> You don't mean this one, do you?
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enrico_Caruso_seated_in_automobile_with_4_other_men.png
> Doesn't look like the Victor building, though.
> Kristjan
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> Philip Carli wrote 2010-12-31 18:03:
>> Thanks -- I'll recheck it when Eastman reopens Mon; but I don't think 
>> it's in there as I looked through the Robinson within the last year and 
>> didn't find it.  There's another car pic of Caruso arriving at Camden in 
>> it, as I recall, but not that one.  (I do remember a pic in that book of 
>> him standing proudly next to his white Hardman, Peck upright piano with a 
>> Duo-Art reproducing mechanism in it!  Wonder whatever happened to that 
>> piano...another "thing" of of mine...) The one I remember has Caruso in 
>> the front seat next to the chauffeur and Child and Rogers in the rear. 
>> (Of course the pic may be there and escaped my easily distracted 
>> notice!!) PC
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>> [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel 
>> [mbiel at mbiel.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:54 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeking Caruso in car photo
>>
>> On 12/31/2010 1:29 AM, Philip Carli wrote:
>>> Hello all -- all the recent phono artist photos on this list reminded me 
>>> that I've been trying for ages to track down a photo _I have definitely 
>>> seen somewhere_ of Caruso in an open touring car in front of the Victor 
>>> buildings at Camden in the company of Calvin Child and conductor Walter 
>>> Rogers.  I'm most interested because of Rogers being there (it's my 
>>> thing).  Has anyone else seen this who could direct me to where it might 
>>> be?  It's been nagging at me on and off for years.  Many thanks for any 
>>> help-- Philip Carli
>> I think it is in Francis Robinson's "Caruso: His Life In Pictures" which
>> I can't reach right now.  It's a good book to have -- it has never been
>> surpassed in the 50+ years since it was published -- and it is fairly
>> inexpensive.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com