The Old Crossroad; We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven: Museum Object and Cultural History

The Old Crossroad; We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven: recording date: 1936. recording artist: Monroe, Charlie. recording artist: Monroe, Bill.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Monroe Brothers. side 1: The Old Crossroad; side 2: We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven (Montgomery Ward M-7087). 78 rpm. This coupling was initially released on Bluebird B-6676.

Materials, dates and provenance

recording date: 1936
recording artist: Monroe, Charlie
recording artist: Monroe, Bill
retailer: Montgomery Ward
Object Name: sound recording
Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
place made: United States
ID Number: 1996.0320.21440
accession number: 1996.0320
label number: M-7087
catalog number: 1996.0320.21440
Data Source: National Museum of American History

Sources and reuse

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.