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78 RPM Record

Artist: Walter S. Blake, Jr Label:   Pepsi-Cola Country: USA Catalogue: Date: 14 Feb 1940 Format: Acetate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Walter S. Blake, Jr	Valentine's Day Message		Rate

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6.5" acetate, single-sided.

The Voice of
Walter S. Blake, Jr
Your Man In Service
Courtesy...
Pepsi-Cola

Records by the Recordisc Corp., 395 Broadway N. Y.

Contains a Valentine's Day message for Miss Beulah Bornholdt (1920-2015) by her future husband, Walter S. Blake, Jr. (1918 -1975) from Baltimore, MD, recorded in Washington, DC, on Feb. 14, maybe 1940.

Walter Blake appears in the 1940 U.S. Census records, collected on April 4, 1940, as an enlisted man and instructor at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington, DC. Later, he fought in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he obtained his Ph.D., became a Professor of Education, and served in the late 1960s as the Director of the Oregon Council for Education.

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xiphophilos 21st Jan 2016		During World War II, the Pepsi Cola Company set up booths for servicemen and women at major military installations to record messages for their family. A similar record with its original envelope:

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