Russian mandolin ensemble with Calace instruments, 1910’s

Carlo Graziani-Walter’s dedication to Ginislao Paris (image courtesy Maestro Ugo Orlandi)

“Sistema Ginislao Paris” label

Musical Instruments shop of V. Kastner in Voronezh (label inside Puglisi mandolin)

Julius Heinrich Zimmermann label

 

 

1916 Lemberg Lekae and Co, Moscow label (sucessor to Zimmerman’s business in Russia after WWI)

Serenade de Nuit by A. Ovenberg cover

J.H. Zimmermann Musical Instruments Catalogues Covers

Old Russian photo, a man from Central Asia with mandolin

1909 Colorized Russian photo

Pre-1917 Russian photo