Mandel Manufacturing Co./ Mandel (Label)

Mandel Manufacturing Co./ Mandel (Label) A Chicago firm, established in 1915. Louis Mandel was one of the owners. Joseph F. Grossman was president, J.H. Hupp was secretary, and Raymond T. Bell works superintendent. The Mandel line of disc players was on sale in 1916 in four models. The firm introduced a lateral-cut record under the Mandel label beginning in January 1921. Masters came from Arto, Lyric, and other sources supplied by the Standard Records brokering agency of New York. The material…