okeh.1940.1949

Okeh (U.S.A.) / c. 1941

Corporate background:

Launched in 1920, the Okeh label was sold to Columbia in 1926.

Discontinued in 1935, it was revived in 1940 and continued into the 1950s.

Design: On the earliest Okeh label, the name-style had the O and H as the largest letters, but when transformed into script, the O and K were emphasized. The script has been updated here to a more commercially slick style.

Originally red, the label’s background colour became black in the 1930s and mauve, as here, in the 1940s.

Rarity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Value: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


	Okeh (U.S.A.) / c. 1941




	Corporate background: Launched in 1920, the Okeh label was sold to Columbia in 1926. Discontinued in 1935, it was revived in 1940 and continued into the 1950s.				Design: On the earliest Okeh label, the name-style had the O and H as the largest letters, but when transformed into script, the O and K were emphasized. The script has been updated here to a more commercially slick style. Originally red, the label’s background colour became black in the 1930s and mauve, as here, in the 1940s.





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