On the footstool you have an "album". Four or five records in one cover that represent one release from the record company on a single subject.

Before LPs, this was the meaning of an album!

the *cough* ladies -- I know I'm not supposed to say that -- are decorating the shellac resin with their dainty fingerprints, a tradition which continued through to the vinyl era, to my certain knowledge.

[The 78s seen here would be shellac resin, not vinyl. - Dave]

Tx.

Well, hello, Mr. Standing In the Doorway. I bet you never had a problem getting a date.

I have always enjoyed listening to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, it is timeless.

And when she puts the needle down the people will fall silent and stare into
nothingness and wrap themselves in the soft soothing sounds of the Nutcracker.

Where enchantment and pleasant past memories dwell.

... singlehandedly bring back saddle oxfords with striped ankle socks, for fall? Even at my age? I think I'll try. Off to Amazon to shop for the shoes.

It will be some time yet when Beethoven rolls over and they tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Only one book resides on the side table, between the Scottie bookends. The spine cover and title resemble "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, but that wasn't published until 1957. Can someone better read than I identify the book that stands so prominently alone?

["Above Suspicion" by Helen MacInnes. - Dave]

... but the audiophile in me is screaming, "They're not Frisbees!"

The 1940 census and other records suggest that Glen Eaker and his wife Emma Camille Eaker had no children, but that Glen had several older siblings, who each had several children.