Parlophon-Record (Germany) / c. 1912
Corporate background:
A pre-World War I label owned by Carl
Lindström, a German businessman.
The label disappeared during WWI, but was
revived in later years.
Design: The
inventors of sound recording believed its potential to be in
the world of business, but the popularity of penny-arcade
slot-machines proved that its future lay in home entertainment,
as suggested by this scene.
A pretty young woman wearing a seductively
low-cut dress is about to play some music on the
morning-glory-horn phonograph (also incorporated in the logo at
the foot).
The pink clouds indicate an early evening
in summertime.
Note the fussy-looking ornament enclosing
the name in the upper segment.