Bernard Abrams

CTL-E-4514 · Person · businessperson · 1940s-1970s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Bernard ('Bernie') Abrams: proprietor of the Maxwell Radio and Record Company at 831-833 West Maxwell Street (opened 1945); ran the tiny Ora Nelle record label from the store with his wife Idel ('Red').

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Also known as: Bernie Abrams

Notes

RELP104 new supporting entity: 2 claims + evidence. Name-collision check clean.

Relationships

Ora Nelle Records / Maxwell Radio — founded
Bernard Abrams founded the Ora Nelle label, running it out of his Maxwell Radio and Record Company store with his wife Idel.

Referenced by

Ora Nelle Records / Maxwell Radio — founded by → this record

Sources

Clemson — Ora Nelle (George Paulus & Robert L. Campbell oral history, Feb 1, 2014)

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