Ship Ahoy!: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ship Ahoy!: release date: 1950. manufacturer: Children's Record Guild. Object Name: sound recording.
The object in the museum catalogue
Arthur Malvin. Ship Ahoy! (The Children's Record Guild CRG-5003). 78 rpm. Accessioned with original printed sleeve.
The Children's Record Guild (CRG) was a subscription mail order record club for children. Every month a subscriber would receive a record (10" diameter, 78 rpm format). Occasionally, 2-record sets were distributed. The records would be based on a theme such as American History, life lessons, fairy tales. A variety of musical styles and instrumentation were represented on these recordings. Some titles issued by CRG were previously released on the label "Young People's Records."
Materials, dates and provenance
- release date: 1950
- manufacturer: Children's Record Guild
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1979.1023.009
- accession number: 1979.1023.009
- maker number: CRG-5003
- catalog number: 1979.1023.009
- Credit Line: Gift of Asbeth Lee and Jack M. Eichner
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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