I just posted two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham:
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Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
Nice discs Bob. I thought the shield type was from 1901..?.
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
According to the DAHR website, these were released in October 1900.I thought the shield type was from 1901..?.
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... hone_V9300
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... hone_V9299
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
Interesting Bob. Yet, on their website https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... detail/403
is the following (see attached).
The 1899 date I believe has been shown to be incorrect as Universal did not actually start sales until May 1900.
is the following (see attached).
The 1899 date I believe has been shown to be incorrect as Universal did not actually start sales until May 1900.
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
This is also from the DAHR website:
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- The October 1900 Zonophone catalog still included a few of the old block-series releases, but it was dominated by the new 9000-series discs..jpg (91.83 KiB) Viewed 1581 times
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
Thanks for pointing that out. So, shield was introduced in the Fall of 1900 (not 1901). That would explain why the blank face and block letter discs rarely turn up. They would have been available for only a matter of months.
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
I believe the shield Zonos were available even earlier than October 1900, based upon the scarcity of blank and "Universal" label pressings.
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
Good point George. I should have wrote "at least" as early as the Fall of 1900 or earlier.phonogfp wrote:I believe the shield Zonos were available even earlier than October 1900, based upon the scarcity of blank and "Universal" label pressings.
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I was lucky years ago in finding a small cache of five blank Zonos and two "Universal" block letter examples. One of the blank discs is made from a brownish colored material. Most have shrink cracks that have developed.
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
Where do the "Hand Written" 9000 series Labels fit into the Scheme of things?
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Re: Two 1900 Zonophone 7" Records by George Graham
These are generally the earliest of the Zono "shield" labels. They came after the blank pirates and the Universal labels. I've seen these only on early number blocks and the earliest of the 9000 series.
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