They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree; Take Care of the Farmer: Museum Object and Cultural History
They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree; Take Care of the Farmer: recording date: 1930. recording artist: Carson Robison Trio. recording artist: Lonesome Cowboy.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Carson Robison Trio. They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree; side 2: The Lonesome Cowboy. Take Care of the Farmer (Perfect 121616) 78 rpm. Both tracks were released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.
The Lonesome Cowboy is a pseudonym on Perfect for John I. White.
Perfect Records was an American budget record label founded in by Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation, in 1922. Perfect and Pathé became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation, in 1929. Perfect was discontinued in 1938.
In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1930
- recording artist: Carson Robison Trio
- recording artist: Lonesome Cowboy
- manufacturer: Perfect
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.26246
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.26246
- collector/donor number: 1682
- maker number: 12161
- 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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