Comments on: Letter 16 http://41loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/ R. H. Swinney to Ruth Erlanger, 1934 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steven Joseph Small http://41loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-70 Steven Joseph Small Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:42:14 +0000 http://www.43loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-70 Dear Sir, Joseph Erlanger was my Great Uncle on my fathers side. My Great Grandmother was Julia Erlanger who was his sister. I think I have some old photographs that I could copy and email to you. Let me know if this would interest you and go with your letters. Respectfully, Steven Small Dear Sir,
Joseph Erlanger was my Great Uncle on my fathers side. My Great Grandmother was Julia Erlanger who was his sister. I think I have some old photographs that I could copy and email to you. Let me know if this would interest you and go with your letters.
Respectfully, Steven Small

]]> By: The Curator http://41loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-68 The Curator Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:55:01 +0000 http://www.43loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-68 Verify that "usually reserved my most persons" isn't a typo ("my" should be "by"?) Verify that “usually reserved my most persons” isn’t a typo (”my” should be “by”?)

]]> By: c http://41loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-31 c Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:48:56 +0000 http://www.43loveletters.com/1934/08/25/letter-16/#comment-31 The "excellent music" Harold heard this afternoon may have been on the radio, instead of live. "At the 1934 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (under the name Ford Symphony) performed two concerts a day for ninety-four days in front of a total audience of over one million visitors. Following this historic event, the Orchestra became the nation's first official radio broadcast orchestra and was heard by millions of Americans on the Ford Symphony Hour national radio show until 1942." [<a href="http://www.metrotimes.com/metropolis/sonic/artistprofile.asp?id=184" rel="nofollow">source</a>] The 1934 dates for the Century of Progress Exposition (the World's Fair) were May 26 through October 31, 1934, so it wouldn't surprise me to learn that Harold was listening to an orchestral broadcast from the fair. Can't find any solid evidence, though :( The “excellent music” Harold heard this afternoon may have been on the radio, instead of live.

“At the 1934 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (under the name Ford Symphony) performed two concerts a day for ninety-four days in front of a total audience of over one million visitors. Following this historic event, the Orchestra became the nation’s first official radio broadcast orchestra and was heard by millions of Americans on the Ford Symphony Hour national radio show until 1942.” [source]

The 1934 dates for the Century of Progress Exposition (the World’s Fair) were May 26 through October 31, 1934, so it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that Harold was listening to an orchestral broadcast from the fair. Can’t find any solid evidence, though :(

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