"The Arcade, Cleveland." Photographed July 1901.
Built in 1890 for under $1 million by Roebling Bros. (who also built the Brooklyn Bridge). The Arcade is still operating to this day and has undergone numerous restorations.
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It’s interesting to me that Lucy has a phonograph, but Mina has never seen one. I know there’s probably a class element, but does anyone know how common they were in the 1890’s? I thought they were more common, I guess.
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of course we'd never get to read / hear it, but i love imagining Jack Seward, with the patience of a saint, teaching Van Helsing how to use his phonograph the same way a child teaches their impatient parent how to use a computer
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Each night at Tidmouth Sheds can be a chore to get everyone to agree on a record to be played before bed but tonight they settled on Roger Williams.
Thank god for that phonograph.
Drew this based off of a little blurb I wrote on my lunch break one day.. if you wanna read it I’ll link it here!
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Today's @re-dracula entry opens and closes with the most angry-sounding paper-riffling and pen scratching I've ever heard. The polite assumption is that it's the sound of Jack's frustration over waiting on the Czarina Catherine's appearance.
The honest assumption is that it's the sound of him wanting desperately to throw his new unwanted journal in the fire and making a mental note to wheedle the Harkers for shorthand lessons, this longhand shit isn't worth it
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“Digitized” a wonderful little cylinder I’ve got. Give it a listen by clicking the “Play” button above. Anyone have more info about the song or the singer?
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Source details and larger version.
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A promotional photograph from RCA Victor, c. 1950
From Wikipedia: "The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable and higher-fidelity replacement for the 78 rpm shellac discs. The first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc."
"As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s. Columbia Records, which had released the 33 1⁄3 rpm 12-inch vinyl LP in June 1948, also released 33 1⁄3 rpm 7-inch vinyl singles in March 1949, but they were soon eclipsed by the RCA Victor 45."
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where did lestat even FIND britney spears on vinyl
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Jeune fille avec un phonographe Edison, vers 1910.
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