[78-L] 78 sleeves--was:Inner sleeves

[David Lennick]

Condensing considerably..

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> 
> (1) When were the VERY first label-branded 78 sleeves issued,
> and by whom?
> 
> (2) Were any record-specific sleeves used before the post-WWII
> period? I know there was a coloured Columbia sleeve issued in
> the late twenties, which is often assumed (rightly? wrongly?) to have
> been specific to the "picture-label" Columbia 78's issued in that era?!

Columbia 1-S (1923) has a record-specific sleeve..I have a couple of them. 
Tbat's the Columbia Special Record ("New Process") with a Ted Lewis medley on 
one side and something so boring I can never remember what it is on the flip.

> 
> (3) Are any label-specific sleeves known for labels of fabled rarity
> (Black Patti, usw.)? What other sleeves would attract colletor
> interest regardless of their (if any) contents?
> 

Someone mentioned acquiring an Ajax sleeve just the other week (in 
conversation, not on this list).

dl