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                <text>A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio &amp; TV history!</text>
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            <text>RCA VICTROLA&#13;
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Alda! Ruffo! Stokowski!&#13;
&#13;
Hear them in your own home tonight. Hear them as the artists themselves have elected to be heard — on the Victrola. Regardless of size and price, all Victrola Instruments — made for that one purpose — reveal the full beauty of the marvelous Victor Red Seal Records. Don’t think you can get as good music from an inferior talking machine by using Victor Records, or vice versa.&#13;
&#13;
Twenty-one Victrola styles from $25 up, each representing the highest quality and the utmost value for the money.&#13;
&#13;
Underwood&#13;
Underwood ALDA, Victor Artist&#13;
RUFFO, Victor Artist&#13;
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The amazing versatility of Frances Alda's soprano is one of the most conspicuous of the many gifts bestowed upon her by nature in a prodigal mood. When Alda sings in opera or ballad, there is an intensity of temperament, a thrilling quality that grips the imagination — equally when you hear Alda or any of her many Victor Records, of which these are a few:&#13;
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The Bells of St. Mary's — 525, $1.50&#13;
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If Winter Comes (Summer Will Come Again) — 527, $1.50&#13;
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By the Waters of Minnetonka — 6038, $2.00&#13;
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Deep River&#13;
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Boheme Mi chiamano Mimi&#13;
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Carmen — Micaela's Aria&#13;
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Listen to the ringing quality of Ruffo’s voice on a Victor Record, and you will smile with us over the dictum of his first teachers, who, after two years of instruction, declared his vocal equipment inadequate for operatic work! How thoroughly the famous baritone has negatived their conclusions, his world successes and these few selections from his complete Victor list show:&#13;
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Victrola No. 100 — $150&#13;
Mahogany, oak&#13;
&#13;
Barbiere di Siviglia — Largo al factotum — 6263, $2.00&#13;
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Rigoletto — Monologo — Pari siamo — 6268, $2.00&#13;
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Pagliacci — Prologo, Part I — 822, $1.50&#13;
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Pagliacci — Prologo, Part II&#13;
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Querida&#13;
&#13;
El Relicario&#13;
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Victrola No. 210 — $110&#13;
Mahogany, oak, or walnut&#13;
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Leopold Stokowski has brought the playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra to an almost unparalleled degree of perfection — a hundred minds, each one a chosen intellect, in instantaneous response to his own. That so great an achievement can be adequately perpetuated by any process of recording is in itself a triumph of science and of art, in proof of which we recommend the following records:&#13;
&#13;
Double-faced:&#13;
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Carmen — Prelude to Act 1 — 796, $1.50&#13;
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March of the Caucasian Chief — 6237, $2.00&#13;
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Blue Danube Waltz&#13;
&#13;
Invitation to the Waltz&#13;
&#13;
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2&#13;
&#13;
Largo from "New World" Symphony — 6236, $2.00&#13;
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Victrola No. 405 — Walnut, $250; electric, $290&#13;
&#13;
TRADE MARK — "HIS MASTER'S VOICE"&#13;
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There is but one Victrola, and that is made by the Victor Company — look for these Victor trade marks.&#13;
&#13;
Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, N.J.&#13;
Victor Talking Machine Co, of Canada, Ltd., Montreal</text>
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            <text>KARNAK RUGS&#13;
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The Dining Room — pride of your home; cheerful, mellow, with every detail contributing to the happy feeling of confidence. When friends come to enjoy your hospitality and good cheer, then you are grateful for that confidence, which only good furnishings can promote. In such a harmonious atmosphere of genial warmth and refinement, both heart and palate are most responsive.&#13;
&#13;
You appreciate your beautiful rug — your Karnak, soft and mellow in its faithful reproduction of an oriental masterpiece. No false note here, for Karnak is at home in the finest surroundings.&#13;
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MOHAWK CARPET MILLS, INC., AMSTERDAM, N. Y.&#13;
Manufacturers of Rosslyn, Glendale, and Highest Quality Chenille Carpets and Rugs&#13;
W. &amp; J. Sloane, Selling Agents, New York&#13;
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Send 25¢ for 9 x 12 inch miniature Karnak Rug, an ideal gift for the children's dollhouses.&#13;
&#13;
Our authoritative booklet "Beautifying the Home" will be sent on request to:&#13;
Karnak Adv. Dept., W. &amp; J. Sloane, 579 5th</text>
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              <text>1920s Victor Talking Machine Company (US): Victrola  &amp; Karnak Rugs — Paper Ad #1</text>
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