[78-L] CO-Burning Down The House Lbl

[Mark Hendrix 78L]

Folks can see the label pictured in "Note the Notes" at the following web
site, maintained by 78-L member Cliff Bolling:

http://78labels.cdbpdx.com/PicLabels/

I also have a variant from the U. S. Columbia "Gold Band"-style label,
featuring line drawings of two mothers cradling their infants (or perhaps
they are nurses cradling orphan infants?), Columbia E3289.  The color scheme
is gold print on orange, the same unreadable scheme they used for at least
some Armenian-language issues.  Interestingly, the presence of the drawing
necessitates the "Gold Band" being moved down to surround the spindle hole
(so that the "M" and the "B" in "Columbia" flank the spindle hole).

Thanks for posting that image, Jeffrey!

--Mark Hendrix

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:22 AM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] CO-Burning Down The House Lbl
>
>
> jeffrey smedbron wrote:
> > Here is kind of an attractive and different Columbia Label
> style I found last fall. Is this an American issue of German
> songs. Quite good choral music. Year ? Because of the colors I
> might generically call it the Christmas label, but the apparent
> dire situation depicted kind of rules that out. Maybe the Refugee
> label. Probably from an album set-Right?
> >
> > Label Pic: http://merr.com/users/xcentrik/fire.JPG
> >
> Album sets were quite unusual that early, so it certainly is not from an
> album set, but it is a part of a special series.  "Note the Notes"
> illustrates another label in the series with an illustration of a
> soldier,  a widow in black, and a young girl standing by a grave.  The
> description from the book reads:
>
> "One of a series of pictorial label designs issued in 1916 and early
> 1917 to benefit  Austrian and German widows and orphans during the First
> World War. When the U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, this
> series came to an abrupt end."
>
> Spottswood shows the session for your record as circa March 1916.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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