Reward of Merit for Correct Deportment
Reward of Merit Presented to Oliver K. Ott
bronze cow
Bank of Merit, 20 Shares of Stock
Reward of Merit for a Good Scholar, 1826
Diligence Ticket
People At Car Shows
Real German Sausages, Irvine & Stevenson, St. Geo…
Reward of Merit for Punctuality, Industry, and Goo…
Reward of Merit Presented to Charles Burns
Columbus Discovers Land
Certificate of Reward, Given by Buttorff, Photogra…
Quality Courts Motel Guide, 1950
67866 Alexandria Court
66730 Buena Vista Ave
13675 West Drive
13079 Maui Way
9601 Palm Drive
IMG_0291 copy
IMG_0289 copy
IMG_0290 copy
IMG_0287 copy
IMG_0288 copy
IMG_0285 copy
IMG_0286 copy
IMG_0279 copy
IMG_0275 copy
IMG_0276 copy
IMG_0273 copy
IMG_0274 copy
IMG_0272 copy
IMG_0271 copy
IMG_0270 copy
IMG_0268 copy
IMG_0269 copy
IMG_0266 copy
IMG_0267 copy
IMG_0263 copy
See also...
See more...Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
2 127 visits
Uncle Sam Automaton at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893
Although I haven't uncovered any specific information regarding Thomas Edison's Uncle Sam automaton at the Columbian Exposition in 1893, I suspect that it wasn't too far removed from the inventor's unsuccessful talking doll, which appeared in 1890. For info on this, see Gaby Wood, Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life (Knopf, 2002); Edison’s First, Less Scary Talking Doll Recording, a posting on The History Blog; a page dealing with the Edison Talking Doll - 1890; and, finally, a short segment on Edison's Talking Doll (with a demo of the doll!) that aired on Discovery's Oddities show.
Uncle Sam
The wonderful Edison talking automaton at World's Fair, delivering 40,000 speeches during the Exhibition, about Highest Award, Gold Medal, Hub Gore.
Hub Gore Makers, Elastic for Shoes. Hub Gore A. Trade Mark.
Highest Gold Medal Awarded. Elastic for Shoes, Highest Award to Hub Gore Makers. Columbian Exposition.
Uncle Sam
The wonderful Edison talking automaton at World's Fair, delivering 40,000 speeches during the Exhibition, about Highest Award, Gold Medal, Hub Gore.
Hub Gore Makers, Elastic for Shoes. Hub Gore A. Trade Mark.
Highest Gold Medal Awarded. Elastic for Shoes, Highest Award to Hub Gore Makers. Columbian Exposition.
Smiley Derleth, , , John FitzGerald and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
It is very difficult to find an actual photo of this phonographic automaton in action on the Midway. The actual contents of the advertising speech were printed on a small card with a red heart.
The phonograph ran on a sulphuric-acid battery!
Allen
allenamet@aol.com
The Trade Card was printed AFTER the Fair was over, and were distributed with individual pairs of Hub Gore Shoes, starting on Mar. 1, 1894. There are several different varieties, single and double panels.
There is an article on this Automaton at Academia ("So Long at the Fair"), which was published in 2004, and an update by the same author (on the inventor etc) will appear in March 2023.
Allen
allenamet@aol.com
Sign-in to write a comment.