Great Speckle Bird; My Mountain Home Sweet Home: Museum Object and Cultural History
Great Speckle Bird; My Mountain Home Sweet Home: recording date: 1936. recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys. manufacturer: Columbia.
The object in the museum catalogue
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys. side 1: Great Speckle Bird; side 2: My Mountain Home Sweet Home (Columbia 20031). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1936 and released on various American Record Corporation labels.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1936
- recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.10221
- collector/donor number: 17413
- maker number: 20031
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.10221
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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