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I agree with Valecnik on the scanner, but I am a poor photographer.

With a decent scanner, you get a consistent head-on image of the label with little effort, and even if you don’t align the label so that it is oriented perfectly, you can always rotate the scan after you’ve captured it.

I have the feeling that he scanned the Edison Re-Creation label pictured below:

...and we’re only 8 labels away from having 100 in the ‘labels’ category of the stock avatar gallery.

— MordEth

Yes this is a scanned label. I've got some more I can send you to help hit the 100 mark if nobody else does so first. Perhaps tomorrow I can give it a try or if really lucky tonight after kids are in bed.

Here is an Edison label that I had not seen before, from Valecnik:

And it can now be found in our stock avatar gallery. I’ll try to catch up on Wolfe’s posted labels (and more of the other labels that I have scanned but not yet on this board) soon.

— MordEth

MordEth, that turned out quite well. Thanks for editing and posting. I'm sure I have a few more interesting ones around here that I can get to you.

cheers, bruce

Valecnik wrote:I'm sure I have a few more interesting ones around here that I can get to you.

Bruce,

I think we’re going to have many interesting labels to come, and I look forward to any that you wish to share with us.

Here’s the first of a few from RJ:

One of these days I think that I’ll need to do a transparency or a vector of the “Magic Notes” also, for any Columbia fans here.

— MordEth

Here’s another of RJ’s labels (and one that I had not seen before):

Stay tuned for more, even if we’re not licensed for radio broadcast.

— MordEth

Thanks David for doing these and making them look so good.

RJ

richardh wrote:Thanks David for doing these and making them look so good.

Thank you guys for scanning these—a lot of these labels I might not have access to (in order to put them online) otherwise.

Here’s a bonus graphic to go with the last label:

And here’s a couple of Wolfe’s labels:

Since my mom is a big fan of Bing, I figured we needed to get him in the stock avatar gallery, as well as more labels.

— MordEth

Well at least there are two Bing Crosby fans in the world - me and your Mom Here is the transfer of the song on the label - one of his big hits from 1933

THANKS - BING CROSBY

RJ

I've got some a few late 20s Bing records, one with Paul Whiteman that's realy snappy on potatoehead label. I need to figure out the technology for transferring them from my turntable/tube amp combo onto the computer in order to start posting. A bit of a challenge for me. Below you will see me struggling to upload a picture to this forum.