More then likely that Monarch Company was part of the many many mostly unsuccesful Companies who entered the Talking Machine Market when the Patent rights for the Disc records and Talking Machines ran out in the late 19teens. I think it is really a stretch to hold out any hope that this obscure little Company that you mention was churning out early Talking Machines in those early days of ungoing patent disputes between Berliner, Columbia Zonophone, and later Johnson's fledgling Company. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loran T. Hughes" <loran at oldcrank.com> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Monarch Talking Machine Program > From the wording on the bill, you could be right. However, I also found - > in my deep, dank, archives - a flyer for the Monarch Talking Machine Co. > out of Menomonie WI. Although for a couple of late teens upright internal > horn models. > > Could some little Wisconsin company have been quietly churning catalog > machines in the early days? > > Loran > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 5:52 PM, BruceY wrote: > >> the history says that the Monarch Trade Mark was used on instruments for >> only one season. This seems to confirm my suspicions about the reason >> for the two names on the Promotional Program by the Exhibitor, making it >> a very unique and rare reference to the two different Trademarked >> Talking Machines Mfg. by Eldridge Johnson. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org