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Jackson & MacDonald, 360-362 Kent Street, Sydney (1927). In 1906, Messrs. S.J. Jackson and D.S. Macdonald commenced business in Sydney as jobbers (wholesalers) of ‘Edison’s cylinder records and phonographs. A few years later they began importing talking machines to play the new ‘disc’ records and these were marketed under the trademark ‘REXOPHONE’. The next step was to import motors, tonearms and soundboxes from S.A. Thorens, Switzerland, which were assembled in Sydney to locally made talking machine cabinets and sold under the ‘REXOPHONE’ trademark. Early in the nineteen twenties, the ‘PRISMATIC’ Reflector Sound Chamber was patented. Made of wood it gave a much-improved volume, purity, and richness of tone for which ‘REXONOLAS’ were famous. The peak of production was reached about 1928/9 when more than 100 people were employed at the cabinet factory, and 120 people in the warehouse. Early in the 1930s, the development of radio receivers and the Great Depression caused a collapse, and production of ‘REXONOLAS’ and ‘REXOPORTS’ ceased about 1935. Source: www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=...

Fritzi Scheff (1879-1954), Vienna-born American vocalist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzi_Scheff

A "Liberty Loan" would put this in the World War I era. In fact, this photograph would have been taken in late April, or during March 1919. A Liberty Loan was the name given to the U. S. Treasury's means of raising funds from the public via bond issues to pay for war work. The Fifth Liberty Loan, with the slogan "Finish The Job" was launched on 21 April, 1919, with a canvass period of three weeks: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E6DA1E39E13AB... More on Liberty Loans: www.answers.com/topic/liberty-loans And here's some information about the photographer, Gabriel Moulin: www.moulinstudios.com/history.htm As for the Magnavox, this is a vacuum tube amplifier with speaker horn. Electrically amplified sound was a relatively new technology in 1919, and in that year the Magnavox gained national attention after President Woodrow Wilson used a Magnavox to amplify a speech he gave in San Diego. [ history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/jensen.html history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/wilson.html ]

wonderful image!

From a old photo a "old" illustration for popular magazine

"Hi Tech Show -Vintage" by photocomix-mandala [?]


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This seems to be a very early visit to Puget Sound, judging by the deck markings: Sept 1928. You can see Dry Dock No. 2 to the left. The crew are doing calisthenics while the band plays. On the flight deck is a Vought UO observation floatplane.