In a message dated 4/22/2012 4:13:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, a...@popyrus.com writes:
Thanks for your clarification on the name The Franklin, vs. The Franklin Institute. I remember the former; didn't realize it had reverted back. The Franklin Institute was the first place of major organized scientific learning and dissemination, I think starting around 1824. Welcome. Others might also be interested in this info too re: the FI. In the late 1980s The Franklin Institute needed financial help and the Tuttleman Family (wealthy Philadelphians) gave them money to build an Omnimax theater. (A combo IMAX and Planitarium). But they needed room. They decided to close the research library - which was there for ages and not well used and put the Tuttleman thare. They held an auction to sell off all the books and periodicals. They had a full run of what was called Talking Machine World, which later became The Talking Machine and Radio Weekly and then the Radio and Television Weekly. I'm sure they had Talking Machine World too. They bundled them into 3 or 4 year consecutive bundles and took bids (not live). I was lucky enough to get some of these issues along with a publication that RCA started in 1931s called Broadcast News. (There are full ussues of this on line at : _http://americanradiohistory.com/RCA-Broadcast-News-Page-Range-Guide.htm_ (http://americanradiohistory.com/RCA-Broadcast-News-Page-Range-Guide.htm) Since the RCA mags were primarily Radio and TV I sold off my copies on eBay years ago. I'm thrilled to have the Talking Machine ones - though my copies start in the 1920s. I was just sorry to see them break up the sets but so much for progress. Meanwhile some mags didn't get bids at all - like Seed Monthly! - and they allowed folks to just take them. I grabbed some but mostly for ads. But they are long gone. Steve _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
