Hi Keith (and list), There are two main styles of the BA cases for the "regular series", and some additional styles - here's a brief overview:
REGULAR SERIES (1501-5719, plus the foreign) 1st: Blue, with yellow/gold graphics (two variations of this label) 1912 to 1917-ish 2nd: Orange, with blue (five variations of this label) 1917-ish to 1929 CONCERT SERIES (28,000 series) 1st: Dark blue (almost black), textured paper, with only an Edison signature in gold. 2nd/3rd: There are two subsequent versions (cheap looking!), in a basic cardboard tube with a poorly rendered Edison script logo in white. The other version is more similar to what the Royal Purple boxes look like. I think that the "cheap" looking box was the last of the three. ROYAL PURPLE SERIES (29,000 series) 1st: Purple box with relevant text (somewhat similar to the 2nd BA style) There are a few additional styles of boxes for BA's too, but the boxes above are the most common for cylinders in the Edison line-up. Hope this helps! Patrick --- "Carter, Keith" <[email protected]> wrote: > I know the list can answer my question on the blue amberol record > cases. > I hadn't thought about it until last night but was wondering the > different > cases that there are for the blue cylinders. I have 3 different color > cylinder boxes. > Can someone tell me which case came first/year. > I guess after about 4 years of collecting I should know this but > never > thought about it. > Thanks, > keith __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
