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Funny Feathers; How Do They Do It That Way?: Museum Object and Cultural History

Funny Feathers; How Do They Do It That Way?: recording date: 1929. recording artist: Spivey, Victoria. recording artist: Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Victoria Spivey with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five. side 1: Funny Feathers; side 2: How Do They Do It (Jazz Classics 508). 78 rpm.

Jazz Classics is a bootleg label from the 1950s. Recording was originally issued as Okeh 8713.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1929
  • recording artist: Spivey, Victoria
  • recording artist: Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
  • manufacturer: Jazz Classics
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • web subject: Popular Culture
  • ID Number: 1988.0698.0220
  • catalog number: 1988.0698.0220
  • accession number: 1988.0698
  • collector/donor number: A220
  • maker number: 568
  • Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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