[78-L] record cabinet?

[Michael Biel]

On 8/29/2011 5:00 AM, Erwin Kluwer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have actually quite a lot of pre 1906 sleeves;
>
>
> 1902 G&T celebrity sleeves of the early Caruso/Battistini/ Tamgano/Marconi
> records. (picture/title, etc)
>
> 1902 and 1903 Zonopgone sleeves with artist and title
>
> Berliner sleeves with artists and titles... etc, etc
>
> Erwin

These are not American sleeves, I suppose, except perhaps the Marconi 
sleeve which would be 1907.  All of the examples I have seen from Milan 
and South America with pictures on them seem to date from later in the 
decade, like 1908 or 09.  Zonophone and Berliner were names which were 
still in use later in the first decade in some countries, but if these 
are PRINTED sleeves for early records that were out of the catalog very 
early, that would be more datable in the pre-1906 era,especially if they 
are for 7-inch discs.  The hard Victor sleeves for Tomango and Melba are 
1906.

I would like to see photos/scans of the one you are discussing.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Michael Biel<mbiel at mbiel.com>  wrote:
>
>> Vertical shelving implies that the round records would be either in
>> sleeves or albums, otherwise they would roll out.  With one exception I
>> have not been able to find evidence of sleeves before 1906 -- not even
>> any mention of how discs were sold, shipped, or stored in the trade
>> press.  I had expected to find companies offering to sell sleeves to
>> dealers, but there were only a few mentions of storage albums but not as
>> early as 1901.  I would LOVE to get ANY info of the existence of disc
>> sleeves prior to 1906 beyond the one Berliner sleeve in the new Sherman
>> book.