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Antique Phonograph with Stirling Engine Hot Air Motor Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 257 seconds A demonstration of a Paillard "Maestrophone No. 205" powered by a Stirling engine. Related: antique, engine, maestrophone, paillard, phonograph, stirling |
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Old Car Festival 2008, Greenfield Village Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 554 seconds At the 58th annual Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, hundreds of antique autos took to the streets throughout the day and well into the evening. Instead of the usual static display of cars behind ropes, visitors get to see, hear and smell these historic treasures in operation. Related: car, festival, ford, greenfield, model, museum, old, village |
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Victor Auxetophone Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 241 seconds A 1906 Victor "Auxetophone" with compressed-air amplification. Related: auxetophone, machine, phonograph, stars, stripes, talking, victor |
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Edison tinfoil phonograph demonstration Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 84 seconds A demonstration of recording on a tinfoil phonograph, as invented by Edison in 1877. The phonograph seen here is an exact replica of an all-brass exhibition machine as made by Bergmann in late 1878. This replica was built by the late Bill Ptacek. It's a massive phonograph, weighing 125 pounds. Related: edison, phonograph, recording, tinfoil |
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Thomas A. Edison: "Let us not forget" Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 116 seconds The only commercial recording ever made by Thomas A. Edison, in which he lauds our allies in WWI. Played on an Edison Idelia Phonograph. Related: edison, idelia, phonograph, war, world, wwi |
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Lioret "Le Merveilleux" Phonograph Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 184 seconds An unusual 1895 phonograph using celluloid cylinders. Related: antique, lioret, phonograph |
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Edison Standard Phonograph with Polyphone Attachment Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 105 seconds Edison 'suitcase' Standard, ca. 1898, with a Polyphone attachment -- two stylii and two horns. Related: edison, phonograph, polyphone, recording |
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Edison "Manhattan" Coin-Operated Phonograph Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 88 seconds An unusual 1901 coin-op with Edison mechanism. Notice the very unusual coin chute, which requires that the penny jump into the cup from the bottom of the ramp. This was a crude by effective slug rejector. The magnet would deflect steel slugs, while only coins of the correct weight would jump across the gap without missing. Related: co., coin-op, edison, manhattan, phonograph |
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Old Car Festival 2007 Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 81 seconds "Gaslight parade" of antique autos at Old Car Festival, Greenfield Village, Dearborn MI Related: antique, auto, car, old |
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Dancing the Charleston at Old Car Festival Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 161 seconds Dancers enjoying the live music of the Hotel Savarine Society Orchestra at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, Dearborn MI on September 6, 2008. Related: 1920, band, car, charleston, dance, festival, old |
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Dancers at Old Car Festival 2007 Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 49 seconds Teenage dancers capture the spirit and the technique of 1920s dance music at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI. (Sept. 8, 2007) Related: 1920s, antique, autos, dance |
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B-17 takeoff Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 18 seconds Taking off in a B-17, taken through the waist gunner window Related: airplane, b-17, wwi |
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B-17 bomber flight over San Francisco Bay Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 23 seconds San Francisco Bay seen through the waist gunner's window of a restored B-17. Related: b-17, bomber, francisco, san, wwii |
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B-17 bomber firing up engines Posted by: ReneRondeau
Video duration: 12 seconds Restored WWII B-17 Related: b-17, wwii |














