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Comments: Physical Appearance; Text appearing on paper labels (7 and 10-inch)
Physical Appearance
| DESCRIPTIVE COMMENTS |
COMMENTAIRES DESCRIPTIFS |
| Single-sided disc |
disque à une face |
| Disc Colour |
| brown disc |
disque brun |
| black disc |
disque noir |
| maroon disc |
disque marron |
| Label area type |
| sunken label |
étiquette enfoncée |
| paper label |
étiquette en papier |
| no paper label |
sans étiquette en papier |
| tartan paper label |
étiquette en papier tartan |
| bat wing label |
étiquette "aile de chauve-souris" |
| Grommet type |
| brass spindle grommet | oeillet central en laiton |
| Etching on disc |
| angel symbol etched in label area |
sigle de l'ange gravé sur l'aire de l'étiquette |
| angel symbol etched on grooves at (n) o'clock |
sigle de l'ange gravé sur les sillons à (no) heures |
| HMV symbol on reverse |
sigle HMV à l'endos |
| HMV symbol etched in grooves at (n) o'clock |
sigle HMV gravé sur les sillons à (no) heures |
| Obscured Stamped Information |
| British information on disc but obscured by label |
information britannique sur disque cachée par l'étiquette |
| Canadian patent information stamped on disc but obscured by label |
information de brevet canadien estampée sur le disque mais cachée par l'étiquette |
| U.S. patent information on disc; U.S. numbers on disc but obscured by \ Made in Canada\ stamp; U.S. numbers on disc crossed out |
information de brevet américain sur le disque ; numéros américains, mais obscurcis par \Fabriqué au Canada\ estampe, numéros des É.-U. biffés |
| performer and number stamped on the disc but obscured by label |
nom de l'interprète et numéro gravé sur le disque, mais obscurcis par l'étiquette |
Text on Paper Labels (7 and 10-inch)
| DESCRIPTIVE COMMENTS |
PHRASING FOUND ON DISC LABEL |
| Items on upper to middle of paper label area |
| HMV symbol on label |
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| "His Master's Voice" |
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"His Master's Voice" appears in small letters below the HMV symbol |
| trademark |
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"Trade Mark" appears under the HMV symbol on the label either to the left of the spindle or separated by the spindle or between Nipper and the gramophone |
| patented Feb. 24, 1897 |
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"Patented Feb. 24, 1897" appears under the Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada credit or to the upper right of the spindle |
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