Crank Up that old Victrola

To all members of our extended Raykovitz family that visit;

 

Based upon conversations with my mother and one of her brothers...my mother, all of her siblings, her parents and more than likely her cousins, aunts, uncles and - perhaps - even her grandparents listened to a 78 rpm record of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and many others played on this old Victrola. Which means, if I have my generational timeline correct, the youngest members in the Raykovitz lineage out there may be looking at photos of the Victrola that their great-great-GREAT grandparents listened to.

As a matter of fact...I believe this old Victrola may have been playing at a wedding reception held at the family homestead almost seventy years ago.  

 

As you can see from the pics below, it is in great shape and yes - the hand-cranked turntable drive still works. I haven't had the time to get an old "78" and check it out...but I will soon.

 

 

 

 

 

And for those that really enjoy tinkering with and figuring out how old things work; that first set of "shelves" in the pics above where only one set of doors are open...that is the speaker chamber. The second chamber is where all of the records were stored.

 

More in a few.