The Bum Song; Hallelujah! I'm a Bum: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Bum Song; Hallelujah! I'm a Bum: recording date: 1928. recording artist: Turner, Hobo Jack. recording artist: Hare, Ernest.
The object in the museum catalogue
"Hobo" Jack Turner. side 1: The Bum Song; side 2: Hallelujah! I'm a Bum (Supertone 1015-S) 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1928 and released on Harmony 705-H.
Hobo Jack Turner is a pseudonym on Supertone for Ernest Hare.
Supertone Records was a record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. The first pressings of Supertone were made by the Fletcher Record Company and then Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in 1924. Within a year, Sears discontinued the label. Supertone was produced by Straus and Schram from 1925 to 1928 after Sears failed to register the Supertone brand name. In 1928, Sears regained the brand name and sold records produced by Gennett records until 1930. The Brunswick Radio Corporation produced the last of the Supertone records through 1931.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1928
- recording artist: Turner, Hobo Jack
- recording artist: Hare, Ernest
- manufacturer: Supertone
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.23963
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.23963
- collector/donor number: 11326
- maker number: 1015-S
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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