Well that could be any kind of white paper label; the extent type and lack
of printed graphics suggest a custom/homemade job. In my experience green
stamped Prestos are late 1930s, but I'm sure there's someone able to
provide more concrete facts. Of course, the blanks sometimes sat around
awhile before they were used too.

Franz Kunst

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> First of all, here is some useful info on Presto disk recorders:
> http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=3162
> also this:
> http://www.prestohistory.com/Presto.htm
> and this:
>
> https://the78rpmrecordspins.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/the-presto-history-page/
>
> If the paper label on your disk was mostly white, I would date the
> recording from the early 1940s. Like this one:
> http://www.edselmotors.com/vintagehepcats/acepics/presto2.JPG
>
> By the mid-50's, Presto disks had an orange outline:
>
> https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~hollyr/portfolio/projects/instadiscs/image/jpgs/label-presto-2hole.jpg
>
> There was also an off-white color scheme in the early 50's:
>
> https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~hollyr/portfolio/projects/instadiscs/image/jpgs/label-presto.jpg
>
> If you can find old editions of the Presto Recorder newsletter, published
> by the company, you might find details of exactly when the label colors
> changed.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:26 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dating a Presto Recording Corp. Transcription Disc
> Label
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> Hello ARSC friends,
>>
>> I'm trying to narrow in on the date of a recording on an acetate
>> transcription disc of a Sacred Harp singing in the collection of the Sacred
>> Harp Museum in Carrollton, Georgia.  I gather that the various companies
>> that manufactured transcription discs occasionally redesigned the labels
>> and so am hoping that learning when this label was in production might help
>> narrow the likely date range for the recording.
>>
>> Does anyone on this list know of any resources for dating transcription
>> discs on the basis of their labels? Ours is an aluminum acetate disc with a
>> Presto Recording Corp. label. I’ve uploaded an image of the label to Google
>> Drive here:
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ay4zmGql_ASUM3bHVsdjVxa1U/view?usp=sharing
>> .
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jesse
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jesse P. Karlsberg, PhD
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> Library, 2015)
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