Brunswick phonograph model 212 license#

Schiff operated Vitanola from a headquarters at 208-212 South Wabash Avenue, and later 506 W. He says, вЂThe Vitanola is made as carefully as an expensive watch, but endures like a railroad engine.вЂ™ That is his way of telling about the permanently pure tone reproduction of the Vitanola.вЂќ His inventions, his skill in combining the proper materials in the entire reproduction mechanism, and his intimate knowledge of quality manufacturing are all embodied in the Vitanola. Schiff, President, for twenty years a pioneer in the industry. вЂњBack of every achievement is a personality,вЂќ read one of those Vitanola advertisements from the same 1916 publication. Of course, that particular article was likely paid for by Schiff himself, since it matches the language in his own concurrently running ads for the Vitanola Talking Machine Company. Schiff was, in fact, вЂњa pioneer in the talking machine business, having been engaged in the industry for over 20 years.вЂќ According to a 1916 issue of The Grand Rapids Furniture Record, Henry T. He collected numerous patents in the first few decades of the 20th century, covering everything from shaving implements and cigarette lighters to early phonographs. To be fair, Schiff was no charlatan when it came to mechanical skills. It was a philosophy that got him in plenty of trouble, but also left a substantial legacy.

Brunswick phonograph model 212 license#

In Henry SchiffвЂ™s world, good business meant taking a bit of a creative license with what had come before-no matter what traditional ethics or copyright law might have to say about it. Nevermind that several of the Lincolns were also outright knockoffs of clocks made by ChicagoвЂ™s Hammond Clock Company. In the mid 1930s, Schiff was the president of the very prestigious-sounding Electric Clock Corporation of America, and the вЂњLincolnвЂќ series-paying homage to Honest Abe himself-was briefly his flagship brand. WhatвЂ™s in a name? I suppose a 20th century Shakespeare might have said that an electric clock, under any brand name, would still tell the same time. Museum Artifact: Lincoln Electric Clock, c.