It Was The Dutch: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A shellac 78-rpm record manufactured by Columbia Phonograph Company. The label in the center, in white type, reads: [Columbia Disc Record / Condition of Sale / This record is sold upon the express condition that it shall not be copied or duplicated and that the full right of property or possession reverts to the Columbia Phonograph Co. upon violation of this condition. / Columbia Phonograph Co. / New York / London / Grand Prize / Paris, 1900 / It Was The Dutch / J. B. Mullen / Tenor Solo / Sung by Dan W. Quinn / No. 1553 / Patented May 4, 1886, and December 10, 1901]. Under the label there is a series imprinted into the vinyl that reads: [1553-2-X]. There is some wear above the label. The back of the record has some bubbling and the label's reverse side is visible due to wear.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1905
• Recorded by: Dan W. Quinn, 1859 - 1938
• Composed by: J. B. Mullen
• Manufactured by: Columbia Records, American, founded 1888
• Owned by: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982
• Owned by: Mary Elizabeth Sugg, American, 1839 - 1915
• Type: 78 rpm records
• Medium: shellac
• Dimensions: Diameter: 7 1/16 × 1/8 in. (17.9 × 0.3 cm)
• Place collected: Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black interiors
• Topic: Ragtime (Music)
• Object number: 2014.316.4.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob and Sherri Brennan in memory of Vernon Sugg McDonald
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.