[78-L] Peerless US labels

Han Enderman jcenderman at solcon.nl
Fri Aug 27 13:26:51 PDT 2010


Any info and images of the 7 known (i.e. almost unknown) prewar Peerless labels are very welcome !
Low quality images copied from Nauck's ARLIE CD can be seen at:
http://recordlabels2.blogspot.com/2008/10/peerless.html

Sutton-Nauck list 5 Peerless labels, illustrated in ARLIE. All pre-1930.

1 - Peerless Disc, mfd by Columbia for W.S. Simpson, NY., c.1903-05. 
7" single-sided, duplicating Co 7".
Available images: 98, 257. LoC database lists 397.

2 - Mfd by Zon-O-Phone, with Zon-O-Phone lyre trademark, c.1905-06.
Only image known is the one in ARLIE (from photo).

3 - Peerless Disc, mfd by American Record Co for Albaugh et al., Chicago, c.1906-07.
Single-sided, duplicating ARC.
Images: 031084, 031243.

4 - Mfd by Leeds & Catlin for unknown retailer, c.1908-09. 
Blue label, 65c., with 2 people next to hole (What are these people?).
Double-sided. Using Leeds masters prev. used on Imperial, Sun, a.o.
Images: 106, 107, 129, 162, 169.

5 - Mfd by Starr, c.1921-22.
Duplicating Gnt material.
Image of 1001-A in ARLIE (from photo).

Not in ARLIE:
6 - Peerless Record, Electric Phonograph Corporation, New York (c.1920?).
Blue label, double-sided.
Sutton-Nauck state (p169) that Phonolamp was mfd in 1921 by Grey Gull for EPC.
A single bad image is present of an unnumbered issue by John Finnigan / Elizabeth Hirt.

7 - Mexican Peerless (from c.1929 or 1933 on) and its US issues (starting in the 40s).
Described by me in a separate mail.

Han Enderman



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