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That Good Old Country Town; You Can't Blame Me for That: Museum Object and Cultural History

That Good Old Country Town; You Can't Blame Me for That: recording date: 1928. recording artist: Ballard, Wolfe. recording artist: Samuels, Claude.

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The object in the museum catalogue

side 1: Wolfe Ballard and Claude Samuels. That Good Old Country Town; side 2: James Rogers. You Can't Blame Me for That (Paramount 3088) 78 rpm

Wolfe Ballard is a pseudonym on Paramount for Vernon Dalhart.

Claude Samuels is a pseudonym on Paramount for Carson Robison.

James Rogers is a pseudonym on Paramount 3088 for Irving Kaufman.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1928
  • recording artist: Ballard, Wolfe
  • recording artist: Samuels, Claude
  • recording artist: Rogers, James
  • manufacturer: Paramount
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States: Wisconsin, Port Washington
  • ID Number: 1996.0320.11361
  • collector/donor number: 4701
  • maker number: 3088
  • accession number: 1996.0320
  • catalog number: 1996.0320.11361
  • 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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