Carson J. Robison's World's Greatest Collection of Mountain Ballads and Old Time Songs: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This song book Carson J. Robison's World's Greatest Collection of Mountain Ballads and Old Time Songs was published by M. M. Cole Publishing Co. in Chicago, Illinois in 1930. It features 50 hits by Carson J. Robison including “Hallelujah I’m a Bum,” “Golden Slippers,” “Birmingham Jail,” and “Bury Me Out on the Prairie.” There is an image of Carson J. Robison with his guitar on the cover.

Materials, dates and provenance

• publishing date: 1930
• depicted (sitter): Robison, Carson
• publisher: M. M. Cole Publishing Co.
• Object Name: song book
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 in x 1/8 in; 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm x .3175 cm
• place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
• ID Number: 2014.0044.01
• accession number: 2014.0044
• catalog number: 2014.0044.01
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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