On the S. S. Catalina: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP recording of the album "On The S. S. Catalina" recorded by The Shipmates and Ginger. The front of the album cover has images of the SS Catalina and Avalon, California. A blue border with yellow text is at the top and bottom. The back of the cover has a paragraph about the SS Catalina and black and white images of the ship, Avalon harbor and a map of Avalon. An image of Ginger Smock and the Shipmates is at the bottom left corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Recorded by: The Shipmates & Ginger, American
• Recorded by: Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
• Recorded by: Art Maryland, American
• Recorded by: Al Mitchell, American
• Recorded by: Edward Hall, American
• Recorded by: Leroy Morrison, American
• Distributed by: Venise
• Subject of: SS Catalina, American, 1924 - 2010
• Type: record covers
• Type: long-playing records
• Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)
• Dimensions: Diameter (record): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2016.161.3.7ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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