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May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; When the Work's All Done This Fall: Museum Object and Cultural History

May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; When the Work's All Done This Fall: recording date: 1931. recording artist: Luther, Frank. manufacturer: Crown.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Frank Luther. side 1: May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; side 2: When the Work's All Done This Fall (Crown 3082). 78 rpm.

Crown Records was a budget label started by the Plaza Music Company after its merger with the American Record Corporation (ARC) in 1930. Crown oversaw the Homestead Records mail order label from ARC. Crown and its subsidiaries were active until 1933.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1931
  • recording artist: Luther, Frank
  • manufacturer: Crown
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States: New York, New York
  • ID Number: 1996.0320.20077
  • accession number: 1996.0320
  • catalog number: 1996.0320.20077
  • label number: 3082
  • 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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