Unique Dealer Tag

[melvind]

There is a Victrola Borgia combination Radio and Phonograph listed on an auction site (bidonenveryting.com) that has a most horrific paint job, but something inside the lid caught my eye. It has a really unique dealer tag. I like things like this and have seen anything like it before.

 

 

Here are a couple of shots of the machine. Warning: could cause anxiety and panic attacks.

 

 

 

 

[Tinfoilphono]

Very cool tag! Too bad about the paint job. 

[phonogfp]

I've seen one or two similar tags around here from a New York State dealer.  I expect some company offered these tags with the dealers' names at so much per dozen.  I wonder if there's an offering in the Talking Machine World?

 

It is indeed an interesting tag!

 

George P.

[Django]

I have a similar tag from Worcester MA.

 

 

[melvind]

That's great! It looks like a decal..the one I saw seems to be metal.

Edited March 9, 2023 by melvind

[Django]

12 hours ago, melvind said:

That's great! It looks like a decal..the one I saw seems to be metal.

You are correct.  It is some kind of transfer.  It is quite similar, even in the language used.  Denholm & McKay was a high end department store in Worcester Mass.  The label on my machine does not limit it to a Victrola and just refers to the Victrola as “this instrument”. 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Django

[RodPickett]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

René is old enough to remember when companies attached metal asset-tags on items, for inventory and depreciation purposes.