The Victory Book: A Tribute to America’s Ideals and Glorious Achievements: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Victory Book: A Tribute to America’s Ideals and Glorious Achievements: Date made: 1919. recording artist: Hunting, Russel. referenced: Hillis, Newell Dwight.
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Russell Hunting (narrator) with full military band accompaniment. An Invocation to the Nations, by Robert Foresman, from the The Victory Book: A Tribute to America’s Ideals and Glorious Achievements. Inside includes “Why America Went to War,” by Newell Dwight Hillis. 2-disc set.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1919
- recording artist: Hunting, Russel
- referenced: Hillis, Newell Dwight
- maker: Talking Book Corporation
- Object Name: sound recording set
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 9 in; x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York City
- ID Number: 1979.1184.01
- accession number: 1979.1184
- catalog number: 1979.1184.01
- maker number: 3295-1
- maker number: 3384-3
- Credit Line: Gift of Catherine D. Scott
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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