The tar baby: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Recitation

Victor 17996. Matrix/Take: B-17087/1.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1916-01-27
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Monologues, dialogues, and recitations
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: New York, New York
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 17996
• Matrix number: B-17087 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Spoken
• Catalogue subjects: Monologues, dialogues, and recitations; Spoken; Victor
• Named contributors: Humphrey, Harry E. — Speaker; Harris, Joel Chandler — Author

Sources and reuse

This guide reorganizes bibliographic facts and catalogue descriptions from the Library of Congress National Jukebox data package, a published snapshot documented in 2024. The original item record identifies the source material. Audio, films, scores and full-text works are linked through the original record rather than reproduced here.