[78-L] Voices From the Past

[David Lennick]

I'm sure they were sold..picked up quite a few of them as clearance items in the early 60s at Sam (Sniderman's) so they were old stock. Seem similar to material issued in the early 50s by Audio Archives.
dl

> To: 78-l at 78online.com
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:06:13 -0600
> From: jsalerno at collector.org.invalid
> Subject: [78-L] Voices From the Past
> 
> 
> My Fellow Collectors,
> 
> I have just recently acquired some odd little records, the series is 
> called Voice From the Past and the record label is Rare Records. What an 
> original name, right? Address is 303 Fourth Avenue, NYC.
> 
> They are vinyl LPs, 7" single face, paper sleeves. They feature brief 
> spoken recordings by the likes of Bryant, Roosevelt, Valentino, 
> Bernhardt, Shaw, Dressler, Pickford, Arliss, Lauder, Tanguey, Patti, 
> Barnum, and many others. About 60 total different voices according to 
> the catalog printed on the back. Some of the names I have never heard 
> of, but most of the recordings don't seem as tho they would be too 
> strange among this crowd.
> 
> So I'm wondering if these were an advertising giveaway? If not, then 
> what? Did someone actually expect to make money selling these things?
> -- 
> Joe Salerno
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l