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Hello,
No I didn't find a Berliner Gramophone but I did find an original shipping crate. It is for a " Canadian" Berliner. It has a very interesting label on the side with a 1906 date. The box has the same logo on both sides but one side has paint blotches on it. I wonder how many of these 110 year old crates have survived? Here are a few pictures.
Pete

To my eyes today, interesting that its text is all in English, no French text that I can see. When did Canada (or even Montreal) begin the dual-language labeling we see today? Also interesting is that, despite some paint spatters, the wood looks quite clean. Obviously it has been kept indoors all these years. A lucky find indeed!

Nice crate!

I'm a shipping crate guy (just the early ones the same approximate size as yours), and I've seen only 2 or 3 of those Canadian Berliner crates. It's too bad the U.S. Berliner operation didn't have such attractive crates - at least I've never seen one.

Congratulations!

George P.

Nice crate. Now you need to find the phonograph to fit it in.
Harvey Kravitz

Awesome find and in great condition also. Congrats!!