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Revolutionary Tech, 1904
Snippets 186. An early publication concerning audio technology was The Talking Machine News, a monthly magazine for “users and makers of talking machines”; in other words, phonographs, or what we would now term “record players”. By 1904, technology was marching … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, History, Inspiration, Magazines, Newspapers, Snippets
Tagged Phonographs, Talking Machine News, Technology
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The Living Picture
Snippets 184. An early publication concerning audio technology was The Talking Machine News, a monthly magazine for “users and makers of talking machines”; in other words, phonographs, or what we would now term “record players”. We previously looked at a … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, History, Magazines, Newspapers, Snippets
Tagged Cinematographs, Phonographs, Talking Machine News, Technology
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The Abolition of Clapping
Snippets 180. An early name for a film camera was a “bioscope”, and the name was chosen for a film journal during the silent era of film, published in London. It ran from 1908 to 1932. On the title page of … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, England, History, Humor, Humour, London, Magazines, Newspapers, Snippets
Tagged Bioscope, Cinema, Films, Movies
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Acid Drops, Lemon Drops, Don’t Drops
Snippets 175. In a previous snippet we looked at a quote from the November 1903 issue of The Talking Machine News, a monthly magazine for “users and makers of talking machines”; in other words, phonographs, or what we would now … Continue reading
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Tagged Phonographs, Talking Machine News, Technology
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The Magic Record
Snippets 173. In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. By 1903, use of phonographs to play music had become so popular that it became viable to publish a monthly title “for users and makers of talking machines”, The Talking Machine … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, History, Humor, Humour, Magazines, Newspapers, Snippets
Tagged Goodbye Dolly Gray, Phonographs, Talking Machine News, Technology
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Soup, soup and soup please.
Snippets 147. On October 22nd 1881 the first ever issue of Tit-Bits was published, with a simple aim of extracting all the best quotes from other newspapers, magazines and books. It was successful enough to run for over a hundred … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Food, History, Humor, Humour, Magazines, Snippets
Tagged France, Tit-bits
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The Vampire Legend
Creepy History 33. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! The following quote is from a June 1830 edition of The Gentleman’s Magazine. The article, titled Religion in Moldavia and Wallachia explores the vampire … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Creepy History, Faith, History, Magazines, People, Religion
Tagged Vampires
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The Dog’s Nose
Snippets 118. I hope everyone in the UK has been enjoying their bank holiday. I expect a lot of people chose to spend some of their time walking a dog, just like Dr. G. J. Romanes in the quote below … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, 20th Century, Books, History, Magazines, Nature, Science, Snippets
Tagged Dogs, George Romanes, The Gentleman' Magazine
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Annoying Buskers
Pick of Punch 12. This area of the blog offers a selection of entertaining quotes from Punch magazine. The following is from 7th April 1866, and offers a stark illustration of class attitudes in the 19th Century, in particular the … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Britain, History, Magazines, People, Pick of Punch, Punch, Punch Magazine, Travel
Tagged Begging, Buskers, Class attitudes
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Shrieking Engines
Pick of Punch 11. This area of the blog offers a selection of interesting quotes from Punch magazine. The following is from 10th March 1866, and is an excerpt from a report on the week in Parliament, concerning the dangers … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Britain, Crime, History, Magazines, Pick of Punch, Politics, Punch, Punch Magazine, Travel
Tagged Law, Railways
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