My Blue Eyed Boy; The Old Maid: Museum Object and Cultural History
My Blue Eyed Boy; The Old Maid: recording date: 1935. recording artist: Davis, Karl. recording artist: Ellers, Josie.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Karl Davis (of the Cumberland Ridge Runners). My Blue Eyed Boy; side 2: Josie [Ellers] (of the Cumberland Ridge Runners). The Old Maid (Romeo 6-02-54). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.
Romeo Records, a budget label of Cameo Records, was started in 1926. The discs were sold entirely at S.H. Kress and Company stores. In 1929, the Cameo Record Corporation and its subsidiaries, became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation. Romeo continued to be released through 1938.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1935
- recording artist: Davis, Karl
- recording artist: Ellers, Josie
- referenced: Cumberland Ridge Runners
- manufacturer: Romeo
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.14249
- collector/donor number: 7346
- maker number: 6-02-54
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.14249
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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