[78-L] Record Sleeve questions /requests

[Han Enderman]

In 2012 I saved images of a black Melba sleeve, with the note: Picture of Melba behind clear celluloid window.
Will mail the photos.

han enderman

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I have seen the Tamagno sleeve with the celluloid insert.

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com.invalid>
wrote:

>
> I am putting the finishing touches on the history of record sleeves
> presentation for ARSC.  Several questions and requests.
>
> 1)  I seem to recall someone telling me there were three examples of the
> type of the Berliner sleeve pictured in Guide to Victor Records book.
> Is that true?  Do you have pictures or know of any others from the
> 1890s?
>
> 2)  Did the Tomango and Melba sleeves have a celluloid insert on the
> inside of the hole.  My Melba sleeve does not and does not show evidence
> of the loss of one.
>
> 3)  The Victor book mentions but does not show a revised Tomango cover
> from after his death.  I would need a picture of one, and if there was a
> second picture of him in either the first or second example.
>
> 4)  Do you have, or have you ever seen an envelope type of sleeve that
> would have a label hole in the front and constructed of four flaps with
> the fourth flap being a sealable flap. This was done in 1906 by a Victor
> Jobber in  Chicago, the Talking Machine Co., at a time when Victor still
> did not use sleeves, so this jobber did -- and it was an exclusive
> Victor jobber.  Their trademark was a large X and I think this
> represented the way the rear flaps looked.
>
>
> 5) Michael Corenthal illustrated a sleeve marked from Larry Holdridge's
> collection that has a hole-less rear that is identified on it as a list
> of New Victor Records for December 1907.  The front shows Victor
> accessories like record cases, horn bags, record cabinets, and brushes.
> Do you have this sleeve or a similar one especially with a date like
> this one has.
>
> 6) Prior to Victor and Columbia finally sleeving their records in 07 and
> 08 (I believe) there were other jobbers and dealers starting to sleeve
> records themselves.  Can you think of any specific examples?  I've some
> pictures of a few I think COULD be from those years but they are
> undated.  I'll show them but would love to find something that HAD to
> come from that era -- especially if there were anything from Leeds &
> Catlin or Hawthorne & Sheeble.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike  Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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