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She's My Curly Headed Baby No.2; I'll Be Thinking of the Days Gone By: Museum Object and Cultural History

She's My Curly Headed Baby No.2; I'll Be Thinking of the Days Gone By: recording date: 1935. recording date: 1934. recording artist: Callahan Brothers.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Callahan Brothers. side 1: She's My Curly Headed Baby No.2; side 2: I'll Be Thinking of the Days Gone By (Perfect 35-10-28). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1935. Side 2 was recorded in 1934. This same coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Perfect Records was an American budget record label founded in by Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation, in 1922. Perfect and Pathé became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation, in 1929. Perfect was discontinued in 1938.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1935
  • recording date: 1934
  • recording artist: Callahan Brothers
  • manufacturer: Perfect
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • ID Number: 1996.0320.12739
  • collector/donor number: 6468
  • maker number: 35-10-28
  • accession number: 1996.0320
  • catalog number: 1996.0320.12739
  • 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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