Coal Cart Blues; Down in Honky Tonk Town: Museum Object and Cultural History
Coal Cart Blues; Down in Honky Tonk Town: recording date: 1940. release date: 1947. recording artist: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra.
The object in the museum catalogue
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. side 1: Coal Cart Blues; side 2: Down in Honky Tonk Town (Decca 25100), from the album, New Orleans Jazz (Decca A-425). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1940 and released on Decca 18091. The album was released in 1947.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1940
- release date: 1947
- recording artist: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
- manufacturer: Decca
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1978.0670.590
- accession number: 1978.0670
- maker number: 25100
- maker number: A-425
- catalog number: 1978.0670.590
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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