Bury Me on the Lone Prairie; Your Mother Still Prays for You, Jack: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bury Me on the Lone Prairie; Your Mother Still Prays for You, Jack: recording date: 1928. recording artist: Wilson, Fred. recording artist: Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Gus Link. Bury Me on the Lone Prairie; side 2: Grace Means. Your Mother Still Prays for You, Jack (Silvertone 8159). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1928 and initially released on Gennett 6405. Side 2 was recorded in 1928 and initially released on Gennett 6387.
Gus Link is a pseudonym on Silvertone for Fred Wilson with Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboy Band.
Grace Means is a pseudonym on Silvertone for Mommie Gray with Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboy Band.
Silvertone Records was a record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. The discs were manufactured mainly by Columbia Records, with some made by Paramount Records and Gennett Records, from 1916-1928 and 1940-1941.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1928
- recording artist: Wilson, Fred
- recording artist: Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys
- manufacturer: Silvertone
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.19719
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.19719
- label number: 8159
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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