Sweet Hour of Prayer; The Beautiful Garden of Prayer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sweet Hour of Prayer; The Beautiful Garden of Prayer: recording date: 1931. recording artist: McGhee, John. recording artist: Welling, Frank.
The object in the museum catalogue
Welling and McGhee. side 1: Sweet Hour of Prayer; side 2: The Beautiful Garden of Prayer (Banner 32428). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on other American record Corporation labels.
The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000.
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: 1931
- recording artist: McGhee, John
- recording artist: Welling, Frank
- manufacturer: Banner
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.24592
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.24592
- collector/donor number: 10824
- maker number: 32428
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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