[78-L] Grey Gull/record label cannot lie

[David Lennick]

Someone did a presentation on Autograph Records at the Canadian Collectors 
Convention (Toronto) a few years ago. By the way, some Autographs made it onto 
Canadian pressings, particularly Jesse Crawford's.

dl

On 11/23/2012 2:40 PM, jim brannen wrote:
> You are good! Ever thought about turning your talents to Autograph records out of Chicago, or have you already?
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> On 11/23/2012 2:03 PM, jim brannen wrote:
>> I agree. Great bit of research, Donna, but the question I have is "Does anyone really know where those 28,000 Greygulls went?"
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> Based on newspaper research I have done about GG, some department stores
> may have scooped them up.  About a year ago, I was doing similar
> research and noted a sudden number of ads touting sales (with really
> really low prices) at discount department stores in the early 1930s.  I
> had no explanation at the time, and I recall finding it odd (before I
> found the bankruptcy info three days ago) that suddenly stores in cities
> across the country (W.T. Grant comes to mind) were advertising bargain
> prices on GG records.  I assume most folks in Butte, Montana or Boise
> Idaho had no idea Grey Gull had gone out of business.  I'll go re-check
> my files and see where some of the records ended up.
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