Gloria Record (Germany) / c. 1908
Corporate background:
Daniel Beller, who
supplied this image, notes: “Gloria (along with
Kronophone and Hohnerphone) was one of a variety of labels
offered to the countries of the River La Plata (Argentina and
Uruguay) by German businessman Carl Lindström.
“They all seem to be variants of the
same basic Polyphone masters, being the consortium he managed
in Germany.”
The Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier Regiment
No. 2 also appears on an unidentified German record c.
1908.
Design: A plain
but striking design, the decorative, fine-line drawing of the
lyre contrasting with the bold strokes of other elements.
The label name lettering has been carefully
drawn to accommodate the curve; note the cap A with a bar
across the top, the extended upper arm of the E, and the R
showing a wide bowl and near-vertical leg.