[78-L] Need info on a center-start Pathe

[Chris Zwarg]

At 18:58 15.12.2008, you wrote:
>At 18:22 15.12.2008, you wrote:
>>Can someone supply the recording date (exact or estimated) and the city 
>>of this 14" (actually 13-3/4") European Pathe, stamped "made in France" 
>>but imported into the U.S. around 1914. The embossed label says:
>>
>>"Fascination - Waltz  - Berkes Bela Hungarian Orchestra - Budapest. 
>>Pathe 2030". Two other numbers on the label, both unique to this side, 
>>are "an.39457" and "57166 G.R."
>
>"39457" is the master-cylinder number, Pathé's equivalent to a matrix number; but these were allocated out of any sensible numerical sequence and so are not much help for dating. "An." probably denotes "American" as the copy was intended for that market - in fact I have never seen "An." before, but "Al." (=Allemand) and "Rs." (=Russian) have been seen on copies lettered in these languages. 

Small correction of my own message above: "An." naturally is for "Anglais" (= English) - Pathé wasn't exporting to the USA in 1910, and the double-face number (2030) is from the British catalogue.

What's on the other side of this record?

Chris Zwarg