{"id":10160,"date":"2012-07-14T07:39:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T14:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2012-07-14T07:39:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T14:39:38","slug":"crank-it-up-before-the-ipod-there-was-the-talking-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=10160","title":{"rendered":"CRANK IT UP!  Before the IPod there was the Talking Machine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10161\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10161\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10161\" title=\"smhpsconstationsm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm-150x107.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm-700x500.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smhpsconstationsm.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Constantian holds one of the machines he will be presenting at the SMHPS program on July 19th at the Sierra Madre Library, a Victor Model Z from 1905. Photo courtesy of SMHPS, click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Press Release posted 7\/14\/12 &#8211;<\/em> Join the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society (SMHPS) at their annual meeting for a lively program of early \u201ctalking machines\u201d presented by James Constantian.\u00a0 He will share little known facts and interesting stories about early talking machines and phonographs, and play early recordings on machines dating back circa 1900 to 1930.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Constantian is a member of the Antique Phonograph Society. His collection currently has more than 100 vintage phonographs and talking machines. \u00a0Constantian is a former resident of Sierra Madre and is active in the community, serving as historian for the Congregational Church.\u00a0 He has also been in no less than 28 Fourth of July parades in his fully restored Model A Ford pick-up.<\/p>\n<p>SMHPS works to preserve the history of Sierra Madre through its Oral History Project, Archives and the conservation and preservation of the city\u2019s two museums, Lizzie\u2019s and Richardson House. It has also published the award winning book, <em>Southern California Story; Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Historical Preservation Society\u2019s meeting and program will be held July 19<sup>th<\/sup> at 7:00 P.M. at the Sierra Madre Public Library. \u00a0It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release posted 7\/14\/12 &#8211; Join the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society (SMHPS) at their annual meeting for a lively program of early \u201ctalking machines\u201d presented by James Constantian.\u00a0 He will share little known facts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,91,4,7],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}