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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 Crazy Tennesseans. manufacturer: Vocalion.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tenneseeans. side 1: Great Speckle Bird; side 2: My Mountain Home Sweet Home (Vocalion 04252). 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 Crazy Tennesseans
  • manufacturer: Vocalion
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • ID Number: 1996.0320.10225
  • collector/donor number: 6248
  • maker number: 04252
  • accession number: 1996.0320
  • catalog number: 1996.0320.10225
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.

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