She's Old and Bent But She Just Keeps Hoofin' Along; The Little Old Sod Shanty: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

side 1: Frankie Wallace. She's Old and Bent But She Just Keeps Hoofin' Along; side 2: Whitey Johns. The Little Old Sod Shanty (Romeo 1118) 78 rpm. Both tracks were released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Frankie Wallace is a pseudonym on Romeo for Farnk[ie] Marvin.

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.

In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).

Materials, dates and provenance

• recording date: 1929
• recording artist: Wallace, Frankie
• recording artist: Johns, Whitey
• 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: 1996.0320.24416
• accession number: 1996.0320
• catalog number: 1996.0320.24416
• collector/donor number: 7445
• maker number: 1118
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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