[Leica] Holiday Greetings from 1915

[jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)]

2010-12-23-20:07:27 Jim Shulman:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsoGEMYcrqU
> 
> Played on my recently acquired Pathe phonograph.  The stylus is modulated
> vertically (not laterally, as with most mono records)-it was a way around
> patent restrictions.

That's fabulous.  A window into a different time.  I'm fascinated with
the accents then - that "public speaking" voice, sounding kind of
mid-atlantic the way '30s film stars were trained to elocute, the
rolled rs...

I wasn't even absolutely sure whether the speaker was American or
British, so I looked him up:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Hunting

    Russell Hunting was imprisoned in 1896 for making recordings of
    "indecent" jokes.  Although he used various pseudonyms, [...] his
    voice was very distinct, enough that police officers could track him
    down and arrest him.

Thanks, Jim!

 -Jeff