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Orthophonic Victrola Lights Up San Francisco Christmas Eve
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a 1900s Christmas Eve party in Union Square where a giant Orthophonic Victrola was the sole entertainer. The phonograph reproduced Tetrazzini, Caruso, Mussolini, and other artists to a crowd of 20,000, delivering a seamless, musical night without human performers. The instrument, from the Victor company, drew enthusiastic applause and claimed to show science as Magi.
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Victrola
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Claus
Union Square
Tetrazzini
Chronicle
East
the Chronicle
Montgomery Street
St. Francis Hotel
Stars and Stripes
Sousa
Powell Street
John McCormick
Trinity Choir
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Caruso
Benito Mussolini
Tito Schipa
Rosa Ponselle
Victor Talking Machine Company