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Making Little Ones Out of Big Ones; Oklahoma Blues No.2: Museum Object and Cultural History

Making Little Ones Out of Big Ones; Oklahoma Blues No.2: recording date: 1930. recording date: 1929. recording artist: Hart, Johnny.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Johnny Hart. side 1: Making Little Ones out of Big Ones; side 2: Oklahoma Blues No.2 (Velvet Tone 2360-V). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1930. Side 2 was recorded in 1929.

Velvet Tone Records was a division of Columbia Records from 1925 to 1932. It was a budget record label that was comprised of recordings identical to that of Columbia’s budget labels, Harmony Records and Diva Records.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1930
  • recording date: 1929
  • recording artist: Hart, Johnny
  • recording artist: Marvin, Frank
  • manufacturer: Velvet Tone
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • ID Number: 1996.0320.17386
  • catalog number: 1996.0320.17386
  • label number: 2360-V
  • accession number: 1996.0320
  • 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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