Once again, Neshaminy Park in Bensalem, Pennsylvania hosted the annual Civil War Reenactment.
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CohqwfU1I8Q Here are the camps, the exhibits and the battle scenes ... Here are two members of the Camptown Shakers with the songs "O! Lud Gals" and "Walk Along John". Both songs are from their Shakedown CD and both songs are coincidentally from the year 1843.
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ir3YEW42A
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3bOJM0PVi4
Here are my purchases from the event. There was a nice book sale and I also picked up some pins, a sticker and a First National Flag.
Another spring and another Mechanical Music Extravaganza. This was my third MME that I attended. It was held on April 19, 2015. I thought it was another fine convention. Here are some photographs ... This was my haul ... I filled my car up again and, as you can see, I mainly stocked up on Diamond Discs with a small stack of 78s and a mere two cylinders (I added another pic to the top left): This is a Kent 78 Adapter for Diamond Disc Phonographs (Diamond Disc machines are designed to only play 80 rpm Diamond Discs so this adapter will allow 78 rpm records to be played as well) along with a miniature Victrola-type machine: I was happy to acquire a Morning Glory Horn (the pics compare it to the Witches Hat Horn that I bought last year ... that is quite a size difference): I got these from Larry: As many of you know, Larry is a regular at the convention. I bought two of the same shirt - one for going out and the other for the gym. The mug was a gift ... thanks again, L! I am already getting ready for the next MME that will take place on September 20 of this year. Info: http://antique-sound.com
Tonight I have for you the Tuxedo Dance Orchestra with "My Isle Of Golden Dreams". The song was recorded on February 4, 1920 and the Diamond Disc record was pressed on the Edison label (Catalog number: 50649-L and Matrix number: 7145-C-4-11). The grooves are very clean on this example. The record is being played on an Edison Disc Phonograph Model C-150 that was manufactured some time between 1915 and 1919.
I am getting you ready for the Spring 2015 edition of the Mechanical Music Extravaganza that will take place tomorrow in Wayne, New Jersey. I bought this very machine at the Autumn 2014 Mechanical Music Extravaganza last October. This record is from a crate of records that the seller threw in with the machine.
The url for the video above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAdeDX1bTs
It is April 15, 2015 and today is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's passing. The previous day he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater. I have a relevant artifact for this particular sesquicentennial moment. It is this very curious CDV image.
It is titled Washington And Lincoln Apotheosis. Apotheosis is the state of elevation or deification. In the image you see the recently-deceased Lincoln being embraced by George Washington and you see the angels in the top left corner. This was painted in 1865 and this CDV image is from the 1860s or, perhaps, 1870s. A very curious and very bizarre item on this day ... the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death.
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1atlZ6v7Fug
On this day 150 years ago, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln inside of Ford's Theater. The event took place on April 14, 1865. The postcard that you see here has a copyright date of 1908.
Here are two videos featuring two people who were in Ford's Theater while the shooting took place ...
I recorded the video and typed the description for this blog entry on April 10, 2015. I then went out, and did not return home until April 11, 2015. Here it is one day late ...
It is April 10, 2015 and this post pertains to the American Civil War Sesquicentennial. On this day 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln addressed an audience in front of the White House. He informed the crowd of the previous day's surrender at Appomattox Court House, and requested that the musicians in attendance perform "Dixie". "Dixie" was a song written prior to the conflict, and was popular throughout the United States Of America. Tonight I have for you a version of "Dixie" performed by the Edison Symphony Orchestra. The record was pressed on the Edison label (Catalog number 9541), and was released in 1907. It is possible that the song was recorded in 1906. I am going to play the record on an Edison Standard Phonograph Model B. This machine was made in 1905 and 1906.
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIqHRQFqjwM
It is April 9, 2015 and the American Civil War Sesquicentennial brings us to this point. On this day, in the year 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. It was the first time that Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were in mutual presence since the Mexican-American War of the 1840s. A House Divided came together once again 150 years ago today.
The url for the above video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRB_l4w5j5U The book is A House Divided: The Lives Of Ulysses S. Grant And Robert E. Lee by Jules Archer. Copyright 1995.
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