Herschel Gold Seal

U.S. label manufactured by The Starr Piano Co. in 1926-27 for the Northwestern Phonograph Supply Co. of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. Harry Bernstein was the owner/distributor. Northwestern Phonograph Supply Co. was a major midwestern distributor of Gennett records. Only 21 Herschel records were produced and released. All but two (2018 & 2021) were pressed from Gennett masters. When Northwest Phonograph suspended operations in 1932, it left its unsold stock of 15,000 Herschel records at the Minneapolis Furniture Exposition Mart. These had been dispersed or discarded by 1950.