[78-L] Berliner question

[Kurt Nauck]

At 11:25 AM 10/2/2009, you wrote:
>Nipper was painted in 1898 and was registered as a Berliner trademark on
>July 10, 1900.
>
>There's a few interesting google hits on Herr Iff. He was Glaswegian, and
>lived at 8 Cranworth Street in 1911 only (talk about random facts). He is
>mentioned in an item in Punch magazine of July 20, 1895, and another on May
>23, 1896. He performed for the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual
>dinner in 1901. His Berliner record "When We Are Married", No. 655, composed
>by Gustave Kerker, was released in Autumn 1898, according to the "Life
>Before Vinyl" website. He performed at a ball in Drill Hall, Penrith, in
>1897, performing "a number of new dances, such as The Circus Girl, The
>Liberty Belle and Chin Chin Chinaman. Dancing went on until four in the
>morning." And he performed at a Highland Light Infantry Ball in the music
>hall and assembly rooms of Edinburgh Castle in 1896.
>
>Those tidbits give a picture, I think.

I don't know - sounds a little Iffy to me.

There. Now I've paid my 78-L dues for the year.


Kurt Nauck

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